Areca cli 1.72.250 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Areca cli 1.72.250 and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. The manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability was named CVE-2007-4027. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Areca cli 1.72.250. Affected is an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Buffer overflow in cli32 in Areca CLI 1.72.250 and earlier might allow local users to gain privileges via a long argument. NOTE: this program is not setuid by default, but there are some usage scenarios in which an administrator might make it setuid.

The bug was discovered 06/07/2007. The weakness was presented 07/22/2007 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2007-4027 since 07/26/2007. The attack needs to be approached locally. A authentication is needed for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 45 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.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (35546) and OSVDB (38999†). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.7

VulDB Base Score: 8.8
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Exploitinginfo

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

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Status: Unproven

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

06/07/2007 🔍
07/22/2007 +45 days 🔍
07/26/2007 +4 days 🔍
07/26/2007 +0 days 🔍
12/04/2007 +131 days 🔍
03/15/2015 +2657 days 🔍
09/06/2018 +1271 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2007-4027 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-4027
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-38028
X-Force: 35546 - Areca Command Line Interface (CLI) cli32 file buffer overflow
OSVDB: 38999 - Areca CLI cli32 Long Argument Local Overflow

Entryinfo

Created: 03/15/2015 15:58
Updated: 09/06/2018 06:58
Changes: 03/15/2015 15:58 (47), 09/06/2018 06:58 (6)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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