EMC Documentum Information Rights Management up to 3 pvcontrol.exe memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in EMC Documentum Information Rights Management up to 3 and classified as problematic. Impacted is an unknown function of the file pvcontrol.exe. Executing a manipulation can lead to memory corruption. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2012-2277. Additionally, an exploit exists. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in EMC Documentum Information Rights Management up to 3 (Content Management System) and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown code of the file pvcontrol.exe. 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 availability. CVE summarizes:

The IRM Server in EMC Documentum Information Rights Management 4.x before 4.7.0100 and 5.x before 5.0.1030 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (pvcontrol.exe process hang) via \n (line feed) characters in the Id fields of many "batch begin untethered" commands.

The weakness was released 05/14/2012 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2012-2277 since 04/19/2012. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Technical details and also a public exploit are known.

A public exploit has been developed by Luigi Auriemma and been published even before and not after the advisory. It is possible to download the exploit at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 32 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.

Upgrading to version 4 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (75554), Exploit-DB (18734), SecurityFocus (BID 53475†), OSVDB (81146†) and Secunia (SA48690†). Entry connected to this vulnerability is available at VDB-60735. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
Author: Luigi Auriemma
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Documentum Information Rights Management 4

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04/19/2012 +7 days 🔍
05/11/2012 +22 days 🔍
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03/23/2015 +1043 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: dellemc.com

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2012-2277 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2012-2277
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-60736
X-Force: 75554 - EMC Documentum Information Rights Management denial of service
SecurityFocus: 53475 - RETIRED: EMC Documentum Information Rights Management (IRM) Server Denial of Service Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 48690
OSVDB: 81146
SecurityTracker: 1027058

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

Created: 03/23/2015 16:50
Updated: 07/25/2024 13:33
Changes: 03/23/2015 16:50 (64), 01/24/2018 10:21 (7), 07/25/2024 13:33 (21)
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