RARLAB WinRAR up to 3.61 memory corruption

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in RARLAB WinRAR up to 3.61 (File Compression Software). Affected is an 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:

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in RARLAB WinRAR before 3.71 have unknown impact and attack vectors related to crafted (1) ACE, (2) ARJ, (3) BZ2, (4) CAB, (5) GZ, (6) LHA, (7) RAR, (8) TAR, or (9) ZIP files, as demonstrated by the OUSPG PROTOS GENOME test suite for Archive Formats.

The bug was discovered 03/17/2008. The weakness was shared 03/17/2008 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at vupen.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2008-7144 since 09/01/2009. The exploitability is told to be easy. 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.

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 31641 (WinRAR < 3.71 Archive Handling Vulnerabilities), 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 3.62 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (41251) and Tenable (31641). The entries VDB-130547, VDB-130548, VDB-130549 and VDB-130837 are related to this item.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 31641
Nessus Name: WinRAR < 3.71 Archive Handling Vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 901022
OpenVAS Name: WinRAR Multiple Unspecified Vulnerabilities
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: WinRAR 3.62

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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: vupen.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2008-7144 (🔍)
X-Force: 41251
Vulnerability Center: 17970 - RARLAB WinRAR Vulnerability Allows Remote Attackers to Execute Arbitrary Code and Cause DoS, Medium
Secunia: 29407 - WinRAR Multiple Unspecified Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 43439 - WinRAR Archive Handling Multiple Unspecified Issues
Vupen: ADV-2008-0916

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Created: 03/18/2015 15:15
Updated: 08/20/2021 19:34
Changes: 03/18/2015 15:15 (74), 08/07/2019 12:58 (1), 08/20/2021 19:34 (2)
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