PhishWall Client Internet Explorer up to 3.7.15 Search Path untrusted search path

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A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in PhishWall Client Internet Explorer up to 3.7.15. The impacted element is an unknown function. The manipulation as part of Search Path leads to untrusted search path. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2018-0561. The attack can only be performed from a local environment. No exploit is available.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in PhishWall Client Internet Explorer up to 3.7.15. This issue affects some unknown processing. 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 The installer of PhishWall Client Internet Explorer edition Ver. 3.7.15 and earlier allows an attacker to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in an unspecified directory.

The bug was discovered 04/12/2018. The weakness was published 04/16/2018 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at jvn.jp. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2018-0561 since 11/27/2017. Attacking locally is a requirement. Required for exploitation is a simple authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1574 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 4 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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• PhishWall

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• Client Internet Explorer

Version

• 3.7.0
• 3.7.1
• 3.7.2
• 3.7.3
• 3.7.4
• 3.7.5
• 3.7.6
• 3.7.7
• 3.7.8
• 3.7.9
• 3.7.10
• 3.7.11
• 3.7.12
• 3.7.13
• 3.7.14
• 3.7.15

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