Oracle Fusion Middleware 10.1.3.4 Internal Operations empop3.dll second memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in Oracle Fusion Middleware 10.1.3.4. This affects an unknown part in the library empop3.dll of the component Internal Operations. The manipulation of the argument second results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2010-3591. Furthermore, there is an exploit available.

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A vulnerability classified as very critical has been found in Oracle Fusion Middleware 10.1.3.4 (Middleware). Affected is an unknown code block in the library empop3.dll of the component Internal Operations. The manipulation of the argument second 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. CVE summarizes:

Unspecified vulnerability in the Oracle Document Capture component in Oracle Fusion Middleware 10.1.3.4 and 10.1.3.5 allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors related to Internal Operations. NOTE: the previous information was obtained from the January 2011 CPU. Oracle has not commented on claims from the original researcher that remote attackers can overwrite or delete arbitrary files via a full pathname in the second argument to the DownloadSingleMessageToFile method in the EMPOP3Lib ActiveX component (empop3.dll).

The weakness was shared 01/19/2011 by Evdokimov Dmitriy with Oracle (Website). The advisory is shared for download at xforce.iss.net. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2010-3591. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Technical details and a public exploit are known. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 05/17/2025).

A public exploit has been developed by Evdokimov Dmitriy and been published 1 weeks after the advisory. The exploit is shared for download at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. As 0-day the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 51873 (Oracle Document Capture Multiple Vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows.

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 (64768), Exploit-DB (16053), Tenable (51873), SecurityFocus (BID 45851†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1024981†). The entries VDB-56131, VDB-56130, VDB-56128 and VDB-56125 are related to this item. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Status: Proof-of-Concept
Author: Evdokimov Dmitriy
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Nessus ID: 51873
Nessus Name: Oracle Document Capture Multiple Vulnerabilities
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Suricata ID: 2012232
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: xforce.iss.net
Researcher: Evdokimov Dmitriy
Organization: Oracle
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CVE: CVE-2010-3591 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2010-3591
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-56124
X-Force: 64768
SecurityFocus: 45851 - Oracle Document Capture CVE-2010-3591 Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 42976
SecurityTracker: 1024981
Vulnerability Center: 29237 - [cpujan2011-194091] Oracle Document Capture Internal Operations Component Remote Unspecified Vulnerability, Critical

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 03/19/2015 23:27
Updated: 05/17/2025 18:39
Changes: 03/19/2015 23:27 (59), 03/13/2017 12:28 (20), 10/12/2021 16:38 (4), 10/12/2021 16:46 (1), 05/17/2025 18:39 (15)
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