Nucleustechnologies Kernel Recovery 4.04 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Nucleustechnologies Kernel Recovery 4.04. It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown part. This manipulation causes memory corruption. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2009-1640. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Nucleustechnologies Kernel Recovery 4.04. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Stack-based buffer overflow in Nucleus Data Recovery Kernel Recovery for Macintosh 4.04 allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted .AMHH file.

The weakness was presented 05/06/2009 by AbdulAziz Hariri (Website). The advisory is shared at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2009-1640 since 05/15/2009. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

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 (50345), SecurityFocus (BID 34846†), OSVDB (54224†) and Secunia (SA34860†). See VDB-48192 for similar entry. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Status: Unproven

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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: AbdulAziz Hariri
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2009-1640 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2009-1640
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-48193
X-Force: 50345 - Nucleus Kernel Recovery for Macintosh .AMHH buffer overflow
SecurityFocus: 34846 - Nucleus Kernel Recovery for Mac and Novell Multiple Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 34860 - Nucleus Kernel Recovery for Macintosh ".AMHH" Buffer Overflow, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 54224 - Nucleus Kernel Recovery for Macintosh AMHH File Handling Overflow

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/17/2015 23:38
Updated: 12/07/2017 08:26
Changes: 03/17/2015 23:38 (60), 12/07/2017 08:26 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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