Novell ZENworks Desktop Management 6.5 ActiveX Control memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in Novell ZENworks Desktop Management 6.5. This affects an unknown function of the component ActiveX Control. Such manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2008-5073. Furthermore, an exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as very critical, has been found in Novell ZENworks Desktop Management 6.5. Affected by this issue is an unknown part of the component ActiveX Control. 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. CVE summarizes:

Heap-based buffer overflow in an ActiveX control in Novell ZENworks Desktop Management 6.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long argument to the CanUninstall method.

The bug was discovered 09/27/2008. The weakness was published 11/14/2008 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2008-5073 since 11/14/2008. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 08/22/2019). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product decreasing in the near future.

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 48 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.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (45462), SecurityFocus (BID 31435†), OSVDB (49879†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-20328†). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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08/22/2019 +1619 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: novell.com

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2008-5073 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-5073
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-45020
X-Force: 45462
SecurityFocus: 31435 - Novell ZENworks Desktop Management ActiveX Control 'CanUninstall()' Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
OSVDB: 49879 - Novell - ZENworks Desktop Management - ActiveX Control 'CanUninstall()' Buffer Overflow Issue
Vulnerability Center: 20328 - Novell ZENworks Desktop Management 6.5 ActiveX Control Heap-Based Buffer Overflow, Medium

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

Entryinfo

Created: 03/17/2015 16:11
Updated: 08/22/2019 18:21
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (62), 08/22/2019 18:21 (3)
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