Orbitals Orbital Viewer 1.04 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Orbitals Orbital Viewer 1.04. This vulnerability affects unknown code. Performing a manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2010-0688. Furthermore, an exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as very critical, was found in Orbitals Orbital Viewer 1.04. This affects some unknown processing. 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. The summary by CVE is:

Stack-based buffer overflow in Orbital Viewer 1.04 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted (1) .orb or (2) .ov file.

The weakness was published 02/26/2010 by Crazy_Hacker (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at exploit-db.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2010-0688 since 02/22/2010. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 05/03/2026).

A public exploit has been developed by Crazy_Hacker in Perl and been published 5 months after the advisory. The exploit is shared for download at securityfocus.com. It is declared as highly functional. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 116929 (Orbital Viewer ".orb" File Processing Buffer Overflow Vulnerability - Zero Day).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 10061.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (59560), Exploit-DB (13940), SecurityFocus (BID 40985†), OSVDB (62580†) and Secunia (SA38720†). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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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
Author: Crazy_Hacker
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OpenVAS ID: 900755
OpenVAS Name: Orbital Viewer File Processing Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities
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Saint ID: exploit_info/orbital_viewer_bo
Saint Name: Orbital Viewer buffer overflow

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MetaSploit ID: orbital_viewer_orb.rb
MetaSploit Name: Orbital Viewer ORB File Parsing Buffer Overflow
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02/22/2010 +80 days 🔍
02/26/2010 +4 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: exploit-db.com
Researcher: Crazy_Hacker
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2010-0688 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2010-0688
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-52275
X-Force: 59560
SecurityFocus: 40985 - Orbital Viewer '.ov' File Stack Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia: 38720 - Orbital Viewer File Processing Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 62580 - Orbital Viewer ORB File Handling Overflow
Vulnerability Center: 25009 - Orbital Viewer 1.04 Vulnerability Allows Remote Arbitrary Code Execution via Crafted .ord File, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2010-0478

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

Entryinfo

Created: 03/19/2015 12:22
Updated: 05/03/2026 00:04
Changes: 03/19/2015 12:22 (69), 02/21/2017 17:32 (20), 06/24/2024 07:38 (16), 02/01/2025 17:25 (2), 05/03/2026 00:04 (1)
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