Youbin 2.5/3.0/3.4 Home memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Youbin 2.5/3.0/3.4. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. This manipulation of the argument Home as part of Environment Variable causes memory corruption. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2003-0269. Additionally, an exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Youbin 2.5/3.0/3.4 and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function. The manipulation of the argument HOME as part of a Environment Variable leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Buffer overflow in youbin allows local users to gain privileges via a long HOME environment variable.

The weakness was released 05/27/2003 by Knud Erik Højgaard (Website). The advisory is shared at marc.theaimsgroup.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2003-0269 since 05/07/2003. The exploitation appears to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details and also a public exploit are known.

A public exploit has been developed in Perl. It is possible to download the exploit at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

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

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (11949), Exploit-DB (22566) and SecurityFocus (BID 7503†). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Timelineinfo

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05/27/2003 +20 days 🔍
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08/11/2014 +4094 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: marc.theaimsgroup.com
Researcher: Knud Erik Højgaard
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2003-0269 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2003-0269
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-20461
X-Force: 11949 - youbin HOME environment variable buffer overflow
SecurityFocus: 7503 - Youbin HOME Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 08/12/2014 00:40
Updated: 08/27/2024 22:04
Changes: 08/12/2014 00:40 (56), 06/13/2018 10:28 (2), 08/27/2024 22:04 (19)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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