A vulnerability was found in QNX RTOS 4.25 (Operating System). It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects an unknown functionality of the component Watcom/int10. The manipulation of the argument filename 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:

Multiple buffer overflows in QNX RTOS 4.25 may allow attackers to execute arbitrary code via long filename arguments to (1) Watcom or (2) int10.

The weakness was disclosed 12/31/2002 (Website). The advisory is available at archives.neohapsis.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2002-2120 since 08/05/2005. The exploitation appears to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit.

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 databases at X-Force (9236) and SecurityFocus (BID 4906†). The entry VDB-18679 is pretty similar.

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• QNX

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• RTOS

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• 4.25

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