PDF Digital Signature Plugin up to G2.30 Installer untrusted search path

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in PDF Digital Signature Plugin up to G2.30 and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Installer. The manipulation leads to untrusted search path. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2017-2233. Local access is required to approach this attack. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in PDF Digital Signature Plugin up to G2.30. It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects an unknown part of the component Installer. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a untrusted search path vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-426. The product searches for critical resources using an externally-supplied search path that can point to resources that are not under the product's direct control. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Untrusted search path vulnerability in Installer of PDF Digital Signature Plugin (G2.30) and earlier, distributed till June 29, 2017 allows an attacker to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in an unspecified directory.

The bug was discovered 06/30/2016. The weakness was disclosed 07/07/2017 (Website). The advisory is shared at jvn.jp. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2017-2233 since 12/01/2016. An attack has to be approached locally. A simple authentication is necessary for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1574 for this issue.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 372 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.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Untrusted search path
CWE: CWE-426
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

06/30/2016 🔍
12/01/2016 +154 days 🔍
07/07/2017 +218 days 🔍
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07/08/2017 +1 days 🔍
10/24/2019 +838 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: jvn.jp
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2017-2233 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-2233
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-103337

Entryinfo

Created: 07/08/2017 17:02
Updated: 10/24/2019 11:00
Changes: 07/08/2017 17:02 (56), 10/24/2019 11:00 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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