Avid Media Composer up to 5.5.3 AvidPhoneticIndexer.exe memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Avid Media Composer up to 5.5.3. This impacts an unknown function of the file AvidPhoneticIndexer.exe. Performing a manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2011-5003. Furthermore, an exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as very critical has been found in Avid Media Composer up to 5.5.3. This affects an unknown code of the file AvidPhoneticIndexer.exe. 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 the Phonetic Indexer (AvidPhoneticIndexer.exe) in Avid Media Composer 5.5.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long request to TCP port 4659.

The weakness was published 12/24/2011 by Nick Freeman with Security-Assessment.com (Website). The advisory is shared at exploit-db.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2011-5003 since 12/24/2011. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details and a public exploit are known. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 01/05/2025).

A public exploit has been developed by Nick Freeman in Ruby and been published before and not just after the advisory. The exploit is shared for download at securityfocus.com. It is declared as highly functional. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 23 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 121202 (Avid Media Composer Phonetic Indexer Stack Buffer Overflow Vulnerability).

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 24108.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (71514), Exploit-DB (18183), SecurityFocus (BID 50843†), OSVDB (77376†) and Secunia (SA47047†). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Highly functional
Author: Nick Freeman
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MetaSploit ID: avidphoneticindexer.rb
MetaSploit Name: Avid Media Composer 5.5 - Avid Phonetic Indexer Buffer Overflow
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01/05/2025 +3576 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: exploit-db.com
Researcher: Nick Freeman
Organization: Security-Assessment.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2011-5003 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2011-5003
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-59805
X-Force: 71514
SecurityFocus: 50843 - Avid Media Composer 'AvidPhoneticIndexer.exe' Remote Stack Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia: 47047 - Avid Media Composer Phonetic Indexer Packet Processing Buffer Overflow Vulnerability, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 77376
Vulnerability Center: 34241 - Avid Media Composer AvidPhoneticIndexer.exe Remote Code Execution via a Long Request to TCP 4659, High

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

Entryinfo

Created: 03/23/2015 16:50
Updated: 01/05/2025 18:19
Changes: 03/23/2015 16:50 (57), 04/09/2017 13:27 (24), 01/05/2025 18:19 (17)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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