A vulnerability classified as very critical was found in Mobius DocumentDirect for the Internet 1.2. This vulnerability affects an unknown code block of the component Authentication. The manipulation of the argument Username with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Buffer overflow in the web authorization form of Mobius DocumentDirect for the Internet 1.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary commands via a long username.

The weakness was presented 11/14/2000 by David Litchfield with @stake (Website). The advisory is available at atstake.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2000-0827. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Technical details and also a public exploit are known. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 04/06/2019).

A public exploit has been developed in ANSI C. It is possible to download the exploit at securityfocus.com. 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.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (5211). See 15957 and 15959 for similar entries.

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• DocumentDirect for the Internet

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• 1.2

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