IncrediMail 2.0 ActiveX Control INCREDISPOOLERLib.Pop first memory corruption

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in IncrediMail 2.0. The affected element is an unknown function in the library INCREDISPOOLERLib.Pop of the component ActiveX Control. The manipulation of the argument first leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2010-5289. In addition, an exploit is available.

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A vulnerability was found in IncrediMail 2.0. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing in the library INCREDISPOOLERLib.Pop of the component ActiveX Control. The manipulation of the argument first with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Buffer overflow in the Authenticate method in the INCREDISPOOLERLib.Pop ActiveX control in ImSpoolU.dll in IncrediMail 2.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a long string in the first argument.

The weakness was presented 08/24/2013 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at exploit-db.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2010-5289 since 08/23/2013. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known.

A public exploit has been developed by d3b4g and been published before and not just after the advisory. The exploit is available 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 1239 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

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 (86659), Exploit-DB (12030) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-46301†). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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• IncrediMail

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• 2.0

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