IBM Lotus Notes up to 6.5 l123sr.dll memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in IBM Lotus Notes up to 6.5. This affects an unknown function in the library l123sr.dll. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2007-6593. Additionally, an exploit exists.

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A vulnerability was found in IBM Lotus Notes up to 6.5 (Groupware Software). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects some unknown functionality in the library l123sr.dll. 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, and integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in l123sr.dll in Autonomy (formerly Verity) KeyView SDK, as used by IBM Lotus Notes 5.x through 8.x, allow user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via the (1) Length and (2) Value fields for certain Types in a Lotus 1-2-3 (.123) file in the Worksheet File (WKS) format, as demonstrated by a file with a crafted SRANGE record, a different vulnerability than CVE-2007-5909.

The bug was discovered 11/27/2007. The weakness was released 12/28/2007 by Basti with CORE IMPACT Exploit Writers Team (Website). The advisory is shared at securityfocus.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2007-6593 since 12/28/2007. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known.

A public exploit has been developed in Python. The exploit is available at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 31 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 11873.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (38645), SecurityFocus (BID 26604†), OSVDB (40796†), Secunia (SA27835†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1019002†). Entry connected to this vulnerability is available at VDB-40302. 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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Saint ID: exploit_info/lotus_notes_lotus123_viewer
Saint Name: Lotus Notes Lotus 1-2-3 file viewer buffer overflow

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: ibm.com

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: Basti
Organization: CORE IMPACT Exploit Writers Team
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2007-6593 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-6593
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-40301
X-Force: 38645
SecurityFocus: 26604 - Autonomy KeyView Lotus 1-2-3 File Multiple Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 27835 - IBM Lotus Notes Lotus 1-2-3 File Viewer Buffer Overflows, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 40796 - Autonomy - KeyView - Lotus 1-2-3 File - Multiple Buffer Overflow Issues
SecurityTracker: 1019002
Vulnerability Center: 16987 - Autonomy Keyview SDK Allows Remote Attackers to Execute Code via Lotus 1-2-3 Files, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2007-4012

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

Created: 03/16/2015 13:43
Updated: 08/01/2019 08:05
Changes: 03/16/2015 13:43 (85), 08/01/2019 08:05 (4)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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