VDB-10120 · ZDI-13-211 · SA54672

Infraware Polaris Office/Viewer 4.0.3207.11 on Samsung Galaxy S3/S4 XML Validation denial of service

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A vulnerability has been found in Infraware Polaris Office and Viewer 4.0.3207.11 on Samsung Galaxy S3/S4 and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown code block of the component XML Validation Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was published 08/29/2013 with MRW Labs as ZDI-13-211 as not defined advisory (ZDI) via ZDI (Zero Day Initiative). The advisory is shared for download at zerodayinitiative.com. The attack can be initiated remotely. The requirement for exploitation is a single authentication. Technical details are unknown but a private exploit is available. The advisory points out:

The specific flaw exists within the parsing of a DOCX file. A tag associated with a VML shape is not properly validated.

It is declared as proof-of-concept.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
ATT&CK: T1499

Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Private
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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08/29/2013 🔍
09/04/2013 +6 days 🔍
09/05/2013 +1 days 🔍
03/21/2019 +2023 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: ZDI-13-211
Organization: MRW Labs
Status: Not defined
Secunia: 54672 - Polaris Office / Polaris Office Viewer for Android DOCX Processing Buffer Overflow Vulnera, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 96821

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 09/05/2013 12:37
Updated: 03/21/2019 16:29
Changes: 09/05/2013 12:37 (45), 03/21/2019 16:29 (5)
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Committer: olku

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