Techsmith Camtasia Studio up to 2.0.3 ActionScript csPreloader cross site scripting

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Techsmith Camtasia Studio up to 2.0.3. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component ActionScript. The manipulation of the argument csPreloader with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. Impacted is integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in ActionScript in arbitrary Shockwave Flash (SWF) controller files created by Techsmith Camtasia Studio before 5 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary additional SWF content via a URL in the csPreloader parameter.

The bug was discovered 01/02/2008. The weakness was published 02/04/2009 by Rich Cannings with Google Security Team as confirmed advisory (CERT.org). The advisory is shared at kb.cert.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2008-6061 since 02/04/2009. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059.007 for this issue.

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. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 29899 (Camtasia Studio Pre-generated SWF File csPreloader Parameter Unspecified Arbitrary Code Execution), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows and running in the context l.

Upgrading to version 2.0.4 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (48578) and Tenable (29899). Similar entries are available at 46326 and 46324.

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Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 29899
Nessus Name: Camtasia Studio Pre-generated SWF File csPreloader Parameter Unspecified Arbitrary Code Execution
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Camtasia Studio 2.0.4
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: kb.cert.org
Researcher: Rich Cannings
Organization: Google Security Team
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2008-6061 (🔍)
X-Force: 48578
Vulnerability Center: 17361 - Camtasia Studio CsPreloader Vulnerability Allows Remote Code Execution, Medium
SecurityFocus: 27107 - Camtasia Studio 'csPreloader' Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Secunia: 28311
OSVDB: 40102 - Camtasia Studio - 'csPreloader' Remote Code Execution Issue
Vupen: ADV-2008-0066

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Created: 03/17/2015 16:11
Updated: 08/03/2019 16:20
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (72), 08/03/2019 16:20 (6)
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