BearShare 6.0.2.26789 NCTAudioFile2 ActiveX Control memory corruption

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in BearShare 6.0.2.26789. This affects an unknown part of the component NCTAudioFile2 ActiveX Control. 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:

Stack-based buffer overflow in the NCTAudioFile2.AudioFile ActiveX control (NCTAudioFile2.dll), as used by multiple products, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long argument to the SetFormatLikeSample function. NOTE: the products include (1) NCTsoft NCTAudioStudio, NCTAudioEditor, and NCTDialogicVoice; (2) Magic Audio Recorder, Music Editor, and Audio Converter; (3) Aurora Media Workshop; DB Audio Mixer And Editor; (4) J. Hepple Products including Fx Audio Editor and others; (5) EXPStudio Audio Editor; (6) iMesh; (7) Quikscribe; (8) RMBSoft AudioConvert and SoundEdit Pro 2.1; (9) CDBurnerXP; (10) Code-it Software Wave MP3 Editor and aBasic Editor; (11) Movavi VideoMessage, DVD to iPod, and others; (12) SoftDiv Software Dexster, iVideoMAX, and others; (13) Sienzo Digital Music Mentor (DMM); (14) MP3 Normalizer; (15) Roemer Software FREE and Easy Hi-Q Recorder, and Easy Hi-Q Converter; (16) Audio Edit Magic; (17) Joshua Video and Audio Converter; (18) Virtual CD; (19) Cheetah CD and DVD Burner; (20) Mystik Media AudioEdit Deluxe, Blaze Media, and others; (21) Power Audio Editor; (22) DanDans Digital Media Full Audio Converter, Music Editing Master, and others; (23) Xrlly Software Text to Speech Makerand Arial Sound Recorder / Audio Converter; (24) Absolute Sound Recorder, Video to Audio Converter, and MP3 Splitter; (25) Easy Ringtone Maker; (26) RecordNRip; (27) McFunSoft iPod Audio Studio, Audio Recorder for Free, and others; (28) MP3 WAV Converter; (29) BearShare 6.0.2.26789; and (30) Oracle Siebel SimBuilder and CRM 7.x.

The bug was discovered 01/24/2007. The weakness was shared 05/09/2007 by Carsten Eiram with Secunia (Website). The advisory is shared at secunia.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2007-0018 since 01/02/2007. 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 highly functional. We expect the 0-day to have been worth approximately $100k and more.

The best possible mitigation is suggested to be disabling the affected component. Attack attempts may be identified with Snort ID 10086. In this case the pattern NCTAudioFile2.AudioFile is used for detection. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 5093.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (31707), Exploit-DB (3728), SecurityFocus (BID 23892†), OSVDB (32032†) and Secunia (SA30459†). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.3
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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Highly functional
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MetaSploit ID: nctaudiofile2_setformatlikesample.rb
MetaSploit Name: NCTAudioFile2 v2.x ActiveX Control SetFormatLikeSample() Buffer Overflow
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Recommended: Disable
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Snort ID: 10086
Snort Message: WEB-ACTIVEX NCTAudioFile2 ActiveX function call access
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Suricata ID: 2003328
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: secunia.com⛔
Researcher: Carsten Eiram
Organization: Secunia
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2007-0018 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-0018
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-3069
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X-Force: 31707 - Multiple vendor NCTAudioFile2 ActiveX control buffer overflow, High Risk
SecurityFocus: 23892 - RETIRED: Musiclab BearShare NCTAudioFile2 ActiveX Control Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia: 30459
OSVDB: 32032 - Multiple Products NCTsoft NCTAudioFile2.AudioFile ActiveX (NCTAudioFile2.dll) SetFormatLikeSample() Method Overflow
Vulnerability Center: 17397 - NCTAudioFile2.AudioFile ActiveX Control, as Used by Multiple Products, Remote Code Execution, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2007-0310

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

Entryinfo

Created: 05/15/2007 10:53 AM
Updated: 01/12/2025 03:51 AM
Changes: 05/15/2007 10:53 AM (93), 08/03/2019 06:34 PM (1), 06/17/2024 05:26 PM (21), 01/12/2025 03:51 AM (2)
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