PGP Corporate Desktop up to 9.5.1 RPC Request memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in PGP Corporate Desktop up to 9.5.1. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component RPC Request Handler. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2007-0603. No exploit is available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in PGP Corporate Desktop up to 9.5.1 and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown functionality of the component RPC Request Handler. 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:

PGP Desktop before 9.5.1 does not validate data objects received over the (1) \pipe\pgpserv named pipe for PGPServ.exe or the (2) \pipe\pgpsdkserv named pipe for PGPsdkServ.exe, which allows remote authenticated users to gain privileges by sending a data object representing an absolute pointer, which causes code execution at the corresponding address.

The bug was discovered 01/25/2007. The weakness was published 01/26/2007 by Peter Winter-Smith with NGSSoftware (Website). The advisory is shared at ngssoftware.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2007-0603 since 01/30/2007. The attack can only be done within the local network. The successful exploitation needs a simple authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. 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. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 24246 (PGP Desktop PGPserv Crafted Data Object Arbitrary Code Execution), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows and running in the context l.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at pgp.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (31830), Tenable (24246), SecurityFocus (BID 22247†), OSVDB (32969†) and Secunia (SA23938†). Similar entry is available at VDB-85133. 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: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 24246
Nessus Name: PGP Desktop PGPserv Crafted Data Object Arbitrary Code Execution
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Patch: pgp.com

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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: ngssoftware.com
Researcher: Peter Winter-Smith
Organization: NGSSoftware
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2007-0603 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-0603
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-2885
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X-Force: 31830
SecurityFocus: 22247 - PGP Desktop Windows Service Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Secunia: 23938 - PGP Desktop Service Code Execution Vulnerability, Less Critical
OSVDB: 32969 - PGP Desktop PGPsdkServ.exe Crafted Data Object Arbitrary Code Execution
SecurityTracker: 1017563
Vulnerability Center: 14169 - PGP Desktop Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability in PGPServ.exe and PGPsdkServ.exe, High
Vupen: ADV-2007-0356

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Entryinfo

Created: 01/26/2007 15:43
Updated: 01/12/2025 17:28
Changes: 01/26/2007 15:43 (89), 07/14/2019 09:46 (2), 01/12/2025 17:28 (17)
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