Francis James Franklin libwmf 0.2.8.4 resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Francis James Franklin libwmf 0.2.8.4. This affects an unknown part. The manipulation leads to resource management. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2009-1364. No exploit exists. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Francis James Franklin libwmf 0.2.8.4. This issue affects an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-399. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Use-after-free vulnerability in the embedded GD library in libwmf 0.2.8.4 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted WMF file.

The bug was discovered 04/30/2009. The weakness was disclosed 05/01/2009 by Tavis Ormandy with Google Security Team (Website). The advisory is shared at redhat.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2009-1364 since 04/22/2009. The exploitation is known to be easy. 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.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. 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 vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 67851 (Oracle Linux 4 / 5 : libwmf (ELSA-2009-0457)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Oracle Linux Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 168046 (SUSE Enterprise Linux Security update for libwmf (SUSE-SU-2015:1484-1)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (50290), Tenable (67851), SecurityFocus (BID 34792†), OSVDB (56286†) and Secunia (SA34964†). Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.6

VulDB Base Score: 7.3
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 67851
Nessus Name: Oracle Linux 4 / 5 : libwmf (ELSA-2009-0457)
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OpenVAS ID: 63961
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 1796-1 (libwmf)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: redhat.com
Researcher: Tavis Ormandy
Organization: Google Security Team
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2009-1364 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2009-1364
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-48017

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X-Force: 50290
SecurityFocus: 34792 - libwmf WMF Image File Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Secunia: 34964
OSVDB: 56286 - CVE-2009-1364 - libwmf - Use-After-Free Issue
SecurityTracker: 1022154
Vulnerability Center: 21843 - libwmf 0.2.8.4 Use-After-Free Vulnerability Allows Remote Code Execution via a WMF File, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2009-1228

Entryinfo

Created: 03/17/2015 23:38
Updated: 09/02/2019 16:10
Changes: 03/17/2015 23:38 (81), 09/02/2019 16:10 (5)
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Cache ID: 216::103

Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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