Oxid Cain And Abel 4.9.24 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in Oxid Cain And Abel 4.9.24. This affects an unknown function. The manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2008-5405. Moreover, an exploit is present.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as very critical, was found in Oxid Cain And Abel 4.9.24. Affected is an unknown code block. 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:

Stack-based buffer overflow in the RDP protocol password decoder in Cain & Abel 4.9.23 and 4.9.24, and possibly earlier, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an RDP file containing a long string.

The weakness was disclosed 11/30/2008 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at milw0rm.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2008-5405 since 12/08/2008. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. 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 05/25/2025).

After even before and not, there has been an exploit disclosed. The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as highly functional. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 121555 (Cain and Abel RDP Processing Buffer Overflow Vulnerability).

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 (46940), SecurityFocus (BID 32543†), OSVDB (50342†), Secunia (SA32794†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-42163†). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 9.6

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: No
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Access: Public
Status: Highly functional
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MetaSploit ID: cain_abel_4918_rdp.rb
MetaSploit Name: Cain and Abel RDP Buffer Overflow
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: milw0rm.com⛔
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2008-5405 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-5405
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-45372
X-Force: 46940
SecurityFocus: 32543
Secunia: 32794 - Cain & Abel RDP Processing Buffer Overflow Vulnerability, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 50342 - Cain & Abel RDP Decoder .rdp File Handling Overflow
Vulnerability Center: 42163 - Cain \x26 Abel Remote Arbitrary Code Execution via a Maliciously Crafted RDP File, Critical
Vupen: ADV-2008-3286

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

Entryinfo

Created: 03/17/2015 16:11
Updated: 05/25/2025 03:31
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (63), 05/14/2017 10:12 (8), 08/03/2021 13:49 (2), 08/03/2021 13:55 (2), 06/05/2024 04:48 (17), 11/12/2024 09:00 (5), 05/25/2025 03:31 (3)
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