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A vulnerability was found in National Instruments Electronics Workbench (affected version not known). It has been classified as very critical. Affected is some unknown functionality. 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. CVE summarizes:
Stack-based buffer overflow in National Instruments Electronics Workbench allows user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted .ewb file.
The weakness was presented 12/08/2008 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at milw0rm.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2008-5383 since 12/08/2008. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 12/03/2017).
A public exploit has been developed by Zigma in Perl and been published even before and not after the advisory. The exploit is shared for download at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 8 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.
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 (46996) and Exploit-DB (7307).
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CPE 2.3
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Exploiting
Class: Memory corruptionCWE: CWE-119
ATT&CK: Unknown
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
Author: Zigma
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Timeline
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Sources
Advisory: milw0rm.com⛔Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2008-5383 (🔍)
X-Force: 46996 - Electronics Workbench EWB buffer overflow
SecurityFocus: 32542 - National Instruments Electronics Workbench '.ewb' File Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
Entry
Created: 03/17/2015 16:11Updated: 12/03/2017 15:18
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (55), 12/03/2017 15:18 (5)
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