RIM Blackberry Enterprise Server For Exchange up to 1.0 PDF Distiller code injection

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A vulnerability, which was classified as very critical, was found in RIM Blackberry Enterprise Server For Exchange up to 1.0. Affected is an unknown code of the component PDF Distiller. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a code injection vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-94. The product constructs all or part of a code segment using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the syntax or behavior of the intended code segment. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Unspecified vulnerability in the PDF distiller component in the BlackBerry Attachment Service in BlackBerry Unite! 1.0 SP1 (1.0.1) before bundle 36 and BlackBerry Enterprise Server 4.1 SP3 (4.1.3) through 4.1 SP5 (4.1.5) allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted PDF file attachment.

The bug was discovered 07/10/2008. The weakness was published 07/21/2008 as confirmed advisory (CERT.org). The advisory is shared for download at kb.cert.org. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2008-3246 since 07/21/2008. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 08/14/2019). The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1059.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 11 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 33590 , which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

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 (43843) and Tenable (33590).

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Class: Code injection
CWE: CWE-94 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 33590
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Vendor: rim.com

Advisory: kb.cert.org
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2008-3246 (🔍)
X-Force: 43843
SecurityTracker: 1020505
Vulnerability Center: 18947 - BlackBerry Attachment Service Vulnerability Allows Remote Code Execution or DoS via Malformed PDF, Medium
SecurityFocus: 30188 - BlackBerry Attachment Service PDF Distiller Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Secunia: 31092
OSVDB: 47296 - CVE-2008-3246 - BlackBerry Unite! - Unspecified Issue
Vupen: ADV-2008-2108

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Created: 03/17/2015 12:19
Updated: 08/14/2019 22:42
Changes: 03/17/2015 12:19 (59), 08/14/2019 22:42 (13)
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