VIA Technologies EPIA-E900 SmartETK Driver ETK_E900.sys Blue Screen input validation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in VIA Technologies EPIA-E900. This vulnerability affects unknown code in the library ETK_E900.sys of the component SmartETK Driver. Such manipulation leads to input validation (Blue Screen). This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2018-20404. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in VIA Technologies EPIA-E900 (version unknown). Affected by this issue is an unknown function in the library ETK_E900.sys of the component SmartETK Driver. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability (Blue Screen). Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

ETK_E900.sys, a SmartETK driver for VIA Technologies EPIA-E900 system board, is vulnerable to denial of service attack via IOCTL 0x9C402048, which calls memmove and constantly fails on an arbitrary (uncontrollable) address, resulting in an eternal hang or a BSoD.

The bug was discovered 12/25/2018. The weakness was published 12/26/2018 (Website). The advisory is available at downwithup.github.io. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2018-20404 since 12/23/2018. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 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.

Similar entries are available at VDB-123225, VDB-124489, VDB-124490 and VDB-124491. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Name: Blue Screen
Class: Input validation / Blue Screen
CWE: CWE-20
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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12/23/2018 🔍
12/25/2018 +2 days 🔍
12/26/2018 +1 days 🔍
12/26/2018 +0 days 🔍
12/27/2018 +1 days 🔍
04/24/2020 +484 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: downwithup.github.io
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2018-20404 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-20404
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-128450
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Entryinfo

Created: 12/27/2018 11:10
Updated: 04/24/2020 15:48
Changes: 12/27/2018 11:10 (59), 04/24/2020 15:48 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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