MarkLogic 8.0-6 Antenna House DMC HTMLFilter XLS File memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in MarkLogic 8.0-6. This impacts an unknown function of the component Antenna House DMC HTMLFilter. The manipulation as part of XLS File results in memory corruption. This vulnerability was named CVE-2017-2799. The attack needs to be approached locally. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in MarkLogic 8.0-6. Affected is an unknown part of the component Antenna House DMC HTMLFilter. The manipulation as part of a XLS File 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:

An exploitable heap corruption vulnerability exists in the AddSst functionality of Antenna House DMC HTMLFilter as used by MarkLogic 8.0-6. A specially crafted XLS file can cause a heap corruption resulting in arbitrary code execution. An attacker can send or provide a malicious XLS file to trigger this vulnerability.

The bug was discovered 05/04/2017. The weakness was presented 05/24/2017 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at talosintelligence.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2017-2799 since 12/01/2016. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 20 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.

See VDB-101747 for similar entry. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
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Timelineinfo

12/01/2016 🔍
05/04/2017 +154 days 🔍
05/24/2017 +20 days 🔍
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05/25/2017 +1 days 🔍
12/07/2022 +2022 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: talosintelligence.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2017-2799 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-2799
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-101748
OSVDB: - CVE-2017-2799 - Marklogic - Marklogic - Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 05/25/2017 09:47
Updated: 12/07/2022 10:43
Changes: 05/25/2017 09:47 (57), 10/02/2020 18:19 (2), 12/07/2022 10:43 (14)
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