Spotify Search Box denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Spotify. It has been declared as problematic. This impacts an unknown function of the component Search Box. Executing a manipulation can lead to denial of service. In addition, an exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Spotify (version now known). It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects some unknown processing of the component Search Box. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. As an impact it is known to affect availability.

The bug was discovered 03/19/2012. The weakness was presented 03/23/2012 by Claes Spett (LiquidWorm) with Zero Science Lab (Website). The advisory is shared for download at zeroscience.mk. The public release happened without coordination with the vendor. The attack needs to be approached locally. Required for exploitation is a single authentication. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

A public exploit has been developed by Claes Spett in Perl and been published immediately after the advisory. It is possible to download the exploit at zeroscience.mk. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 4 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.

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 (74277), Exploit-DB (18654), SecurityFocus (BID 52690†) and OSVDB (80535†). Additional details are provided at packetstormsecurity.org. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.0

VulDB Base Score: 5.5
VulDB Temp Score: 5.0
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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
Author: Claes Spett
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Recommended: no mitigation known
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03/23/2012 +1 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: zeroscience.mk
Researcher: Claes Spett (LiquidWorm)
Organization: Zero Science Lab
Status: Not defined

GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-4948
X-Force: 74277 - Spotify search box denial of service, Medium Risk
SecurityFocus: 52690 - Spotify 'spotify.exe' Denial of Service Vulnerability
OSVDB: 80535

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

Created: 04/02/2012 11:08
Updated: 03/23/2019 18:02
Changes: 04/02/2012 11:08 (55), 03/23/2019 18:02 (9)
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