7-zip up to 4.56 Remote Code Execution

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A vulnerability, which was classified as very critical, has been found in 7-zip (File Compression Software). This issue affects an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a remote code execution vulnerability. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Unspecified vulnerability in 7-zip before 4.5.7 has unknown impact and remote attack vectors, as demonstrated by the PROTOS GENOME test suite for Archive Formats (c10).

The bug was discovered 03/17/2008. The weakness was disclosed 03/17/2008 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at vupen.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2008-6536 since 03/29/2009. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 08/07/2019).

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 31607 (7-Zip < 4.57 Archive Handling Unspecified Issue), 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 4.23 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (41247) and Tenable (31607). The entries 61966 and 61582 are pretty similar.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 9.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.8

VulDB Base Score: 9.8
VulDB Temp Score: 8.8
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Remote Code Execution
CWE: Unknown
ATT&CK: Unknown

Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 31607
Nessus Name: 7-Zip < 4.57 Archive Handling Unspecified Issue
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OpenVAS ID: 800256
OpenVAS Name: 7-Zip Unspecified Archive Handling Vulnerability (Linux)
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: 7-zip 4.23

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03/19/2008 +1 days 🔍
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03/29/2009 +369 days 🔍
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03/17/2015 +2179 days 🔍
08/07/2019 +1604 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: vupen.com
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2008-6536 (🔍)
X-Force: 41247
Vulnerability Center: 18016 - 7-Zip Archive Handling Vulnerability Allows Remote Attackers to Execute Arbitrary Code, High
SecurityFocus: 28285 - 7-Zip Unspecified Archive Handling Vulnerability
Secunia: 29434 - 7-zip Unspecified Vulnerability, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 43649 - 7-Zip Unspecified Archive Handling Issue
Vupen: ADV-2008-0914

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/17/2015 23:38
Updated: 08/07/2019 17:54
Changes: 03/17/2015 23:38 (78), 08/07/2019 17:54 (1)
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