RemotelyAnywhere 8.0.668 remotelyanywhere.exe input validation
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Summary
A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in RemotelyAnywhere 8.0.668. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file remotelyanywhere.exe. This manipulation causes input validation. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2008-1278. Moreover, an exploit is present.
Details
A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in RemotelyAnywhere 8.0.668 (Hospitality Software). Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code of the file remotelyanywhere.exe. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does
not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the
properties that are required to process the data safely and
correctly. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:
The RemotelyAnywhere.exe service in the Remotely Anywhere Server and Workstation 8.0.668 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an invalid Accept-Charset header, which triggers a NULL pointer dereference. NOTE: the service is automatically restarted.
The weakness was disclosed 03/10/2008 by Luigi Auriemma (Website). The advisory is shared at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2008-1278 since 03/10/2008. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details and also a public exploit are known.
It is possible to download the exploit at exploit-db.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 (41077), Exploit-DB (31378), SecurityFocus (BID 28175†) and Secunia (SA29296†). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
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Exploiting
Class: Input validationCWE: CWE-20
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Countermeasures
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Timeline
03/09/2008 🔍03/10/2008 🔍
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Sources
Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔Researcher: Luigi Auriemma
Status: Not defined
CVE: CVE-2008-1278 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-1278
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-41437
X-Force: 41077 - RemotelyAnywhere HTTP denial of service
SecurityFocus: 28175 - RemotelyAnywhere 'Accept-Charset' Parameter NULL Pointer Denial Of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 29296 - RemotelyAnywhere Web Interface Multiple Vulnerabilities, Less Critical
Vupen: ADV-2008-0816
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
Entry
Created: 03/16/2015 13:43Updated: 01/16/2025 02:27
Changes: 03/16/2015 13:43 (52), 09/19/2018 08:05 (7), 01/16/2025 02:27 (25)
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