Softwin BitDefender up to Plus heap-based overflow

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A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Softwin BitDefender up to Plus. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a heap-based overflow vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-122. A heap overflow condition is a buffer overflow, where the buffer that can be overwritten is allocated in the heap portion of memory, generally meaning that the buffer was allocated using a routine such as malloc(). As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Integer overflow in the packed PE file parsing implementation in BitDefender products before 20060829, including Antivirus, Antivirus Plus, Internet Security, Mail Protection for Enterprises, and Online Scanner; and BitDefender products for Microsoft ISA Server and Exchange 5.5 through 2003; allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted file, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow, aka the "cevakrnl.xmd vulnerability."

The weakness was presented 12/18/2006 by Sergio Alvarez (Website). The advisory is shared at vupen.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2006-6627 since 12/17/2006. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (30904).

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Heap-based overflow
CWE: CWE-122 / CWE-119
ATT&CK: Unknown

Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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08/11/2018 +1248 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: vupen.com
Researcher: Sergio Alvarez
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2006-6627 (🔍)
X-Force: 30904 - BitDefender PE file buffer overflow
SecurityTracker: 1017389
SecurityFocus: 21610 - Multiple BitDefender Products Parsing Engine Integer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia: 23415 - BitDefender AntiVirus Engine PE File Parsing Buffer Overflow, Highly Critical
Vupen: ADV-2006-5040

Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 22:21
Updated: 08/11/2018 07:26
Changes: 03/12/2015 22:21 (63), 08/11/2018 07:26 (1)
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