Research In Motion Limited BlackBerry Unite up to 1.0 PDF Distiller memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Research In Motion Limited BlackBerry Unite up to 1.0. It has been classified as critical. The affected element is an unknown function of the component PDF Distiller. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2009-0176. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Research In Motion Limited BlackBerry Unite up to 1.0. It has been rated as very critical. This issue affects an unknown code block of the component PDF Distiller. 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. The summary by CVE is:

Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in the PDF distiller in the Attachment Service in Research in Motion (RIM) BlackBerry Enterprise Server (BES) 4.1.3 through 4.1.6, BlackBerry Professional Software 4.1.4, and BlackBerry Unite! before 1.0.3 bundle 28 allow user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) a crafted stream in a .pdf file, related to "symWidths"; or (2) a crafted data stream in a .pdf file, related to "bitmaps."

The bug was discovered 01/12/2009. The weakness was presented 01/20/2009 by iDefense Labs with iDEFENSE Labs (Website). The advisory is shared at securityfocus.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2009-0176 since 01/20/2009. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 08/23/2019).

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 8 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 35430 (BlackBerry Enterprise Server / Unite! PDF Distiller Component Vulnerabilities (KB17118 / KB17119)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows and running in the context l.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (47932), Tenable (35430), SecurityFocus (BID 33224†), OSVDB (52001†) and Secunia (SA33534†). See VDB-45969 for similar entry. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 9.5

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

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Nessus ID: 35430
Nessus Name: BlackBerry Enterprise Server / Unite! PDF Distiller Component Vulnerabilities (KB17118 / KB17119)
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: iDefense Labs
Organization: iDEFENSE Labs
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2009-0176 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2009-0176
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-45953

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X-Force: 47932
SecurityFocus: 33224 - BlackBerry Attachment Service PDF Distiller Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia: 33534
OSVDB: 52001 - BlackBerry Attachment Service PDF distiller uninitialized memory code execution
Vulnerability Center: 20475 - BlackBerry Attachment Service PDF Distiller Component Remote Code Execution and DoS Vulnerability, Critical

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/17/2015 16:11
Updated: 08/23/2019 17:28
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (70), 08/23/2019 17:28 (7)
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Cache ID: 216:672:103

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