RIM BlackBerry Professional Software up to 4.1.4 PDF Distiller memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in RIM BlackBerry Professional Software up to 4.1.4. This affects an unknown function of the component PDF Distiller. Executing a manipulation can lead to memory corruption. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2009-4778. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in RIM BlackBerry Professional Software up to 4.1.4 and classified as very critical. This vulnerability affects some unknown functionality of the component PDF Distiller. 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. CVE summarizes:

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the PDF distiller in the Attachment Service component in Research In Motion (RIM) BlackBerry Enterprise Server (BES) software 4.1.3 through 4.1.7 and 5.0.0, and BlackBerry Professional Software 4.1.4, allow user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted .pdf file attachment, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-3246, CVE-2009-0176, CVE-2009-0219, CVE-2009-2643, and CVE-2009-2646.

The weakness was disclosed 04/21/2010 with Research in Motion (Website). The advisory is shared for download at vupen.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2009-4778. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 02/03/2025).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 43007 (BlackBerry Enterprise Server / Attachment Service PDF Distiller Unspecified Vulnerabilities (KB19860)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 116729 (BlackBerry Attachment Service PDF Distiller Multiple Remote Code Execution).

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 Tenable (43007), SecurityFocus (BID 37167†), SecurityTracker (ID 1023258†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-24265†). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 43007
Nessus Name: BlackBerry Enterprise Server / Attachment Service PDF Distiller Unspecified Vulnerabilities (KB19860)
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Vendor: rim.com

Advisory: vupen.com⛔
Organization: Research in Motion
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CVE: CVE-2009-4778 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2009-4778
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-52852
SecurityFocus: 37167 - BlackBerry Attachment Service PDF Distiller Multiple Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities
SecurityTracker: 1023258
Vulnerability Center: 24265 - BlackBerry Attachment Service Remote Arbitrary Code Execution or DoS Vulnerability via Crafted PDF, Critical

Entryinfo

Created: 03/19/2015 12:22
Updated: 02/03/2025 07:54
Changes: 03/19/2015 12:22 (52), 02/17/2017 12:27 (9), 09/08/2021 10:13 (3), 09/08/2021 10:18 (1), 07/28/2024 17:42 (15), 02/03/2025 07:54 (2)
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