Flexense DiskBoss up to 8.8.16 memory corruption

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Flexense DiskBoss up to 8.8.16. This affects an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

A stack-based buffer overflow in Flexense DiskBoss 8.8.16 and earlier allows unauthenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary code in the context of a highly privileged account.

The bug was discovered 01/11/2018. The weakness was shared 01/12/2018 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at packetstormsecurity.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2018-5262 since 01/07/2018. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 370720 (DiskBoss Enterprise Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution).

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

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Exploit-DB (43478).

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: 145825
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2018-5262 (🔍)
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 01/13/2018 11:53 AM
Updated: 01/20/2023 05:50 PM
Changes: 01/13/2018 11:53 AM (58), 12/23/2019 07:32 AM (4), 01/20/2023 05:50 PM (4)
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