Guidance Software EnCase Forensic Imager/EnCase Forensic up to 7.10 Disk Image denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Guidance Software EnCase Forensic Imager and EnCase Forensic up to 7.10. It has been classified as problematic. This impacts an unknown function of the component Disk Image Handler. Performing a manipulation results in denial of service. The attack is only possible with local access. Additionally, an exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Guidance Software EnCase Forensic Imager and EnCase Forensic up to 7.10. This affects an unknown code block of the component Disk Image Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. This is going to have an impact on availability.

The weakness was released 11/28/2016 by Wolfgang Ettlinger with SEC Consult Unternehmensberatung GmbH as SEC Consult SA-20161128-0 :: DoS & heap-based buffer overflow in Guidance Software EnCase Forensic as confirmed mailinglist post (Bugtraq). The advisory is shared at seclists.org. The public release happened without involvement of Guidance Software. The exploitability is told to be difficult. An attack has to be approached locally. The requirement for exploitation is a authentication. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

A public exploit has been developed by Wolfgang Ettlinger and been published immediately after the advisory. The exploit is shared for download at seclists.org. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 52 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

The mailinglist post contains the following remark:

Vendor: they will fix the issue later and are fine patching it after advisory release

Entry connected to this vulnerability is available at VDB-93862. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

Productinfo

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Guidance Software

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CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 2.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 2.4

VulDB Base Score: 2.5
VulDB Temp Score: 2.4
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

Availability: 🔍
Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
Author: Wolfgang Ettlinger
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

10/07/2016 🔍
10/14/2016 +7 days 🔍
11/28/2016 +45 days 🔍
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11/29/2016 +1 days 🔍
07/24/2019 +967 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: SEC Consult SA-20161128-0 :: DoS & heap-based buffer overflow in Guidance Software EnCase Forensic
Researcher: Wolfgang Ettlinger
Organization: SEC Consult Unternehmensberatung GmbH
Status: Confirmed

GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-93861
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 11/29/2016 18:33
Updated: 07/24/2019 17:23
Changes: 11/29/2016 18:33 (52), 07/24/2019 17:23 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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