Lhaz+ up to 3.4.0 Self-Extracting Archive File untrusted search path

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Lhaz+ up to 3.4.0. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Self-Extracting Archive File. Such manipulation leads to untrusted search path. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2017-2249. The attack needs to be performed locally. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Lhaz+ up to 3.4.0 and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the component Self-Extracting Archive File. 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. CVE summarizes:

Untrusted search path vulnerability in Self-extracting archive files created by Lhaz+ version 3.4.0 and earlier allows an attacker to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in an unspecified directory.

The bug was discovered 07/07/2017. The weakness was released 07/17/2017 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at chitora.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2017-2249 since 12/01/2016. The attack needs to be approached locally. Required for exploitation is a simple authentication. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1574.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 10 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.

Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-103673, VDB-103674 and VDB-103675. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.3

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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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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

12/01/2016 🔍
07/07/2017 +218 days 🔍
07/17/2017 +10 days 🔍
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07/18/2017 +1 days 🔍
10/26/2019 +830 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: chitora.com
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2017-2249 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-2249
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-103676
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Entryinfo

Created: 07/18/2017 09:23
Updated: 10/26/2019 18:12
Changes: 07/18/2017 09:23 (57), 10/26/2019 18:12 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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