Cerulean Studios Trillian 3.1.6.0 Protocol memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Cerulean Studios Trillian 3.1.6.0. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Protocol Handler. This manipulation causes memory corruption. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2007-3833. No exploit exists. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Cerulean Studios Trillian 3.1.6.0 (Messaging Software) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code of the component Protocol Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input 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 integrity. The summary by CVE is:

The AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) protocol handler in Cerulean Studios Trillian allows remote attackers to create files with arbitrary contents via certain aim: URIs, as demonstrated by a URI that begins with the "aim: &c:\" substring and contains a full pathname in the ini field. NOTE: this can be leveraged for code execution by writing to a Startup folder.

The bug was discovered 07/17/2007. The weakness was disclosed 07/17/2007 by The Pope with Billy (BK) Rios (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at xs-sniper.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2007-3833 since 07/17/2007. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 25757 (Trillian aim:// URI Handler Vulnerabilities), 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. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 115596 (Trillian aim URI Handler Vulnerabilities).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (35449), Tenable (25757), SecurityFocus (BID 24927†), OSVDB (38170†) and Secunia (SA26086†). The entry VDB-37866 is pretty similar. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 25757
Nessus Name: Trillian aim:// URI Handler Vulnerabilities
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: xs-sniper.com
Researcher: The Pope
Organization: Billy (BK) Rios
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2007-3833 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-3833
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-37867
X-Force: 35449
SecurityFocus: 24927 - Trillian URI Handler Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 26086
OSVDB: 38170 - CVE-2007-3833 - Cerulean Studios - Trillian - Modification Issue
Vulnerability Center: 15631 - AOL Instant Messenger Protocol Handler in Trillian Allows Arbitray Files Creation and Code Execution, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2007-2546

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/15/2015 15:58
Updated: 06/07/2025 20:22
Changes: 03/15/2015 15:58 (71), 07/22/2019 09:53 (4), 06/07/2025 20:22 (20)
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