FreeVMS 0.3.5 Backup Utility memory corruption

CVSS Meta Temp Score
CVSS is a standardized scoring system to determine possibilities of attacks. The Temp Score considers temporal factors like disclosure, exploit and countermeasures. The unique Meta Score calculates the average score of different sources to provide a normalized scoring system.
Current Exploit Price (≈)
Our analysts are monitoring exploit markets and are in contact with vulnerability brokers. The range indicates the observed or calculated exploit price to be seen on exploit markets. A good indicator to understand the monetary effort required for and the popularity of an attack.
CTI Interest Score
Our Cyber Threat Intelligence team is monitoring different web sites, mailing lists, exploit markets and social media networks. The CTI Interest Score identifies the interest of attackers and the security community for this specific vulnerability in real-time. A high score indicates an elevated risk to be targeted for this vulnerability.
5.2$0-$5k0.00

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in FreeVMS 0.3.5. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the component Backup Utility. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Buffer overflow in backup/src/vmsbackup.c (aka the backup utility) in FreeVMS before 0.3.6 might allow local users to gain privileges via a long string in response to an "extract [ny]" prompt.

The weakness was published 06/05/2007 (Website). The advisory is available at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2007-3124 since 06/07/2007. The exploitation is known to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

Upgrading to version 0.3.5 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (34820).

Productinfo

Name

Version

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

VulDB CVSS-B Score: 🔍
VulDB CVSS-BT Score: 🔍
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.9
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.2

VulDB Base Score: 5.9
VulDB Temp Score: 5.2
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv2info

AVACAuCIA
💳💳💳💳💳💳
💳💳💳💳💳💳
💳💳💳💳💳💳
VectorComplexityAuthenticationConfidentialityIntegrityAvailability
unlockunlockunlockunlockunlockunlock
unlockunlockunlockunlockunlockunlock
unlockunlockunlockunlockunlockunlock

VulDB Base Score: 🔍
VulDB Temp Score: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 🔍

Exploitinginfo

Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
ATT&CK: Unknown

Local: Yes
Remote: No

Availability: 🔍
Status: Unproven

EPSS Score: 🔍
EPSS Percentile: 🔍

Price Prediction: 🔍
Current Price Estimation: 🔍

0-Dayunlockunlockunlockunlock
Todayunlockunlockunlockunlock

Threat Intelligenceinfo

Interest: 🔍
Active Actors: 🔍
Active APT Groups: 🔍

Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔍

Upgrade: FreeVMS 0.3.5

Timelineinfo

06/05/2007 🔍
06/05/2007 +0 days 🔍
06/07/2007 +2 days 🔍
06/07/2007 +0 days 🔍
06/16/2007 +8 days 🔍
03/15/2015 +2829 days 🔍
09/03/2018 +1268 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Status: Confirmed
Confirmation: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2007-3124 (🔍)
X-Force: 34820 - FreeVMS vmsbackup buffer overflow
SecurityFocus: 24333 - FreeVMS Backup Utility Unspecified Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
OSVDB: 35521 - FreeVMS backup Utility Overflow

Entryinfo

Created: 03/15/2015 15:58
Updated: 09/03/2018 08:20
Changes: 03/15/2015 15:58 (52), 09/03/2018 08:20 (6)
Complete: 🔍

Discussion

No comments yet. Languages: en.

Please log in to comment.

◂ PreviousOverviewNext ▸

Do you want to use VulDB in your project?

Use the official API to access entries easily!