Tomahawk Steelarrow 4.1 Steelarrow.exe memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Tomahawk Steelarrow 4.1. It has been rated as critical. This affects an unknown part in the library Steelarrow.dll of the file Steelarrow.exe. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2002-1441. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Tomahawk Steelarrow 4.1 and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown function in the library Steelarrow.dll of the file Steelarrow.exe. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Multiple buffer overflows in Tomahawk SteelArrow before 4.5 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) the Steelarrow Service (Steelarrow.exe) using a long UserIdent Cookie header, (2) DLLHOST.EXE (Steelarrow.dll) via a request for a long .aro file, or (3) DLLHOST.EXE via a Chunked Transfer-Encoding request.

The bug was discovered 08/19/2002. The weakness was presented 04/11/2003 by Mark Litchfield with NGSSoftware Insight Security Research (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at steelarrow.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2002-1441. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 235 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 10685 (Tomahawk Technologies SteelArrow Web Application Server Multiple Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities).

Upgrading to version 4.5 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (9890), SecurityFocus (BID 5496†), OSVDB (14539†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-9755†). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.0

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Steelarrow 4.5

Timelineinfo

08/19/2002 🔍
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04/11/2003 +235 days 🔍
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11/28/2005 +962 days 🔍
08/08/2014 +3175 days 🔍
09/06/2025 +4047 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: steelarrow.com
Researcher: Mark Litchfield
Organization: NGSSoftware Insight Security Research
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2002-1441 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2002-1441
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-20363
X-Force: 9890
SecurityFocus: 5496 - Tomahawk Technologies SteelArrow Chunked Transfer Encoding Heap Overflow Vulnerability
OSVDB: 14539 - SteelArrow UserIdent buffer overflow
Vulnerability Center: 9755 - Tomahawk SteelArrow <4.5 Multiple Buffer Overflows, Critical

Entryinfo

Created: 08/08/2014 13:12
Updated: 09/06/2025 02:33
Changes: 08/08/2014 13:12 (61), 06/11/2019 18:52 (3), 09/06/2025 02:33 (20)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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