VDB-5291 · SA48962 · OSVDB 81331

Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Incremental Linker link.exe ConvertRgImgSymToRgImgSymEx integer coercion

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Microsoft Visual Studio 2008. Affected by this vulnerability is the function ConvertRgImgSymToRgImgSymEx of the file link.exe of the component Incremental Linker. The manipulation leads to integer coercion. Additionally, an exploit exists. It is recommended that the affected component be replaced with an alternative.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 (Programming Tool Software). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects the function ConvertRgImgSymToRgImgSymEx of the file link.exe of the component Incremental Linker. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a integer coercion vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-192. Integer coercion refers to a set of flaws pertaining to the type casting, extension, or truncation of primitive data types. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was released 04/20/2012 by waleedassar as not defined blog post (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at waleedassar.blogspot.com. The vendor was not involved in the public release. The attack may be initiated remotely. Required for exploitation is a simple authentication. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known.

A public exploit has been developed by waleedassar in C and been published immediately after the advisory. The exploit is available at waleedassar.blogspot.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. We expect the 0-day to have been worth approximately $25k-$100k.

The problem might be mitigated by replacing the product with gcc as an alternative. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at OSVDB (81331†), Secunia (SA48962†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1026980†). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 9.9
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 9.4

VulDB Base Score: 9.9
VulDB Temp Score: 9.4
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Integer coercion
CWE: CWE-192 / CWE-189
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
Author: waleedassar
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Recommended: Alternative
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Alternative: gcc

Timelineinfo

04/20/2012 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: waleedassar.blogspot.com
Researcher: waleedassar
Status: Not defined

GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-5291
Secunia: 48962 - Microsoft Visual Studio Linker Integer Overflow Vulnerability, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 81331
SecurityTracker: 1026980

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

Entryinfo

Created: 04/25/2012 10:59
Updated: 04/26/2018 11:06
Changes: 04/25/2012 10:59 (60), 04/26/2018 11:06 (2)
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Cache ID: 216:F5B:103

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