Anshin Net Security up to 16.0.1.44 on Windows Search Path untrusted search path

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A vulnerability has been found in Anshin Net Security up to 16.0.1.44 on Windows and classified as problematic. Impacted is an unknown function. The manipulation as part of Search Path leads to untrusted search path. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2018-0517. Local access is required to approach this attack. No exploit exists.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Anshin Net Security up to 16.0.1.44 on Windows. This issue affects an unknown part. The manipulation as part of a Search Path 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 Anshin net security for Windows Version 16.0.1.44 and earlier allows an attacker to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in an unspecified directory.

The bug was discovered 02/06/2018. The weakness was disclosed 02/08/2018 (Website). The advisory is shared at jvn.jp. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2018-0517 since 11/27/2017. 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 2 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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• Anshin

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• Net Security

Version

• 16.0.1.0
• 16.0.1.1
• 16.0.1.2
• 16.0.1.3
• 16.0.1.4
• 16.0.1.5
• 16.0.1.6
• 16.0.1.7
• 16.0.1.8
• 16.0.1.9
• 16.0.1.10
• 16.0.1.11
• 16.0.1.12
• 16.0.1.13
• 16.0.1.14
• 16.0.1.15
• 16.0.1.16
• 16.0.1.17
• 16.0.1.18
• 16.0.1.19
• 16.0.1.20
• 16.0.1.21
• 16.0.1.22
• 16.0.1.23
• 16.0.1.24
• 16.0.1.25
• 16.0.1.26
• 16.0.1.27
• 16.0.1.28
• 16.0.1.29
• 16.0.1.30
• 16.0.1.31
• 16.0.1.32
• 16.0.1.33
• 16.0.1.34
• 16.0.1.35
• 16.0.1.36
• 16.0.1.37
• 16.0.1.38
• 16.0.1.39
• 16.0.1.40
• 16.0.1.41
• 16.0.1.42
• 16.0.1.43
• 16.0.1.44

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