RIM BlackBerry Professional Software up to 4.1.4 PDF Distiller memory corruption
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A vulnerability has been found in RIM BlackBerry Professional Software up to 4.1.4 and classified as very critical. This vulnerability affects some unknown functionality of the component PDF Distiller. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:
Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the PDF distiller in the Attachment Service component in Research In Motion (RIM) BlackBerry Enterprise Server (BES) software 4.1.3 through 4.1.7 and 5.0.0, and BlackBerry Professional Software 4.1.4, allow user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted .pdf file attachment, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-3246, CVE-2009-0176, CVE-2009-0219, CVE-2009-2643, and CVE-2009-2646.
The weakness was disclosed 04/21/2010 with Research in Motion (Website). The advisory is shared for download at vupen.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2009-4778. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. 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 09/08/2021).
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 43007 (BlackBerry Enterprise Server / Attachment Service PDF Distiller Unspecified Vulnerabilities (KB19860)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows.
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 vulnerability database at Tenable (43007).
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CPE 2.3
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Class: Memory corruptionCWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 43007
Nessus Name: BlackBerry Enterprise Server / Attachment Service PDF Distiller Unspecified Vulnerabilities (KB19860)
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Timeline
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Sources
Vendor: rim.comAdvisory: vupen.com⛔
Organization: Research in Motion
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CVE: CVE-2009-4778 (🔍)
Vulnerability Center: 24265 - BlackBerry Attachment Service Remote Arbitrary Code Execution or DoS Vulnerability via Crafted PDF, Critical
SecurityFocus: 37167 - BlackBerry Attachment Service PDF Distiller Multiple Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities
Entry
Created: 03/19/2015 12:22Updated: 09/08/2021 10:18
Changes: 03/19/2015 12:22 (52), 02/17/2017 12:27 (9), 09/08/2021 10:13 (3), 09/08/2021 10:18 (1)
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