BitDefender Internet Security 2018 cevakrnl.xmd integer overflow

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A vulnerability classified as critical was found in BitDefender Internet Security 2018. Affected is an unknown function of the file cevakrnl.xmd. Such manipulation leads to integer overflow. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2017-17409. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit.

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A vulnerability was found in BitDefender Internet Security 2018. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown function of the file cevakrnl.xmd. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a integer overflow vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-190. The product performs a calculation that can produce an integer overflow or wraparound, when the logic assumes that the resulting value will always be larger than the original value. This can introduce other weaknesses when the calculation is used for resource management or execution control. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Bitdefender Internet Security 2018. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within emulator 0x10A in cevakrnl.xmd. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of user-supplied data, which can result in an integer overflow before writing to memory. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code under the context of SYSTEM. Was ZDI-CAN-5102.

The bug was discovered 12/12/2017. The weakness was presented 12/21/2017 (Website). The advisory is available at zerodayinitiative.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2017-17409 since 12/05/2017. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 12/17/2019).

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 9 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

See VDB-110979 and VDB-110977 for similar entries. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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• BitDefender

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• Internet Security

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• 2018

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• commercial

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