Vulnerabilities > CVE-2005-3051 - Buffer Errors vulnerability in Igor Pavlov 7-Zip 3.13/4.23/4.26Beta

047910
CVSS 9.3 - CRITICAL
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
MEDIUM
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
COMPLETE
Integrity impact
COMPLETE
Availability impact
COMPLETE
network
igor-pavlov
CWE-119
critical
nessus

Summary

Stack-based buffer overflow in the ARJ plugin (arj.dll) 3.9.2.0 for 7-Zip 3.13, 4.23, and 4.26 BETA, as used in products including Turbo Searcher, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a large ARJ block.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Igor_Pavlov
3

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

  • Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables
    This attack pattern involves causing a buffer overflow through manipulation of environment variables. Once the attacker finds that they can modify an environment variable, they may try to overflow associated buffers. This attack leverages implicit trust often placed in environment variables.
  • Overflow Buffers
    Buffer Overflow attacks target improper or missing bounds checking on buffer operations, typically triggered by input injected by an attacker. As a consequence, an attacker is able to write past the boundaries of allocated buffer regions in memory, causing a program crash or potentially redirection of execution as per the attackers' choice.
  • Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow
    This type of attack exploits a buffer overflow vulnerability in targeted client software through injection of malicious content from a custom-built hostile service.
  • Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow
    In this attack, the idea is to cause an active filter to fail by causing an oversized transaction. An attacker may try to feed overly long input strings to the program in an attempt to overwhelm the filter (by causing a buffer overflow) and hoping that the filter does not fail securely (i.e. the user input is let into the system unfiltered).
  • MIME Conversion
    An attacker exploits a weakness in the MIME conversion routine to cause a buffer overflow and gain control over the mail server machine. The MIME system is designed to allow various different information formats to be interpreted and sent via e-mail. Attack points exist when data are converted to MIME compatible format and back.

Nessus

NASL familyWindows
NASL id7ZIP_ARJ_LARGE_BLOCK_OVERFLOW.NASL
descriptionThe remote host contains a version of the open source 7-Zip file archiver and included in third-party products such as Knownsoft
last seen2020-06-01
modified2020-06-02
plugin id23750
published2006-11-30
reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2006-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/23750
title7-Zip ARJ File Handling Overflow
code
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(23750);
  script_version("1.18");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2018/11/15 20:50:26");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2005-3051");
  script_bugtraq_id(14925, 21208);

  script_name(english:"7-Zip ARJ File Handling Overflow");
  script_summary(english:"Checks version of arj.dll from 7-Zip");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Windows host contains a library that is affected by a
buffer overflow vulnerability.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote host contains a version of the open source 7-Zip file
archiver and included in third-party products such as Knownsoft's
Turbo Searcher.

The version of this software installed on the remote host contains a
buffer overflow in its ARJ file handling library that is triggered
when handling an ARJ block greater than 2600 bytes. If an attacker can
trick a user on the affected host into opening a specially crafted ARJ
archive file, he can leverage this issue to execute arbitrary code on
the host subject to the user's privileges.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://secuniaresearch.flexerasoftware.com/secunia_research/2005-45/advisory/");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/411522/30/0/threaded" );
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=347504" );
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://vuln.sg/turbosearcher330-en.html" );
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Either contact the application's vendor for an update or upgrade to
7-Zip 4.27 beta (4.27.0.0) or later.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");
  script_cwe_id(119);

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2005/09/23");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2005/09/23");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2006/11/30");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:7-zip:7-zip");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"Windows");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2006-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");

  script_dependencies("smb_hotfixes.nasl");
  script_require_keys("SMB/Registry/Enumerated");
  script_require_ports(139, 445);

  exit(0);
}


include("global_settings.inc");
include("smb_func.inc");


# Connect to the appropriate share.
#if (!get_kb_item("SMB/Registry/Enumerated")) exit(0);
port    =  kb_smb_transport();
login   =  kb_smb_login();
pass    =  kb_smb_password();
domain  =  kb_smb_domain();

if (!smb_session_init()) exit(0);

rc = NetUseAdd(login:login, password:pass, domain:domain, share:"IPC$");
if (rc != 1)
{
  NetUseDel();
  exit(0);
}


# Connect to remote registry.
hklm = RegConnectRegistry(hkey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE);
if (isnull(hklm))
{
  NetUseDel();
  exit(0);
}


# Check whether it's installed.
paths =  make_array();
# - 7-Zip itself
prod = "7-Zip";
key = "SOFTWARE\7-Zip";
key_h = RegOpenKey(handle:hklm, key:key, mode:MAXIMUM_ALLOWED);
if (!isnull(key_h))
{
  value = RegQueryValue(handle:key_h, item:"Path");
  if (!isnull(value)) paths[prod] = value[1];

  RegCloseKey(handle:key_h);
}
# - Turbo Searcher
prod = "Turbo Searcher";
key = "SOFTWARE\Classes\folder\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\Turbo Searcher";
key_h = RegOpenKey(handle:hklm, key:key, mode:MAXIMUM_ALLOWED);
if (!isnull(key_h))
{
  value = RegQueryValue(handle:key_h, item:NULL);
  if (!isnull(value)) clsid = value[1];

  RegCloseKey(handle:key_h);

  if (!isnull(clsid))
  {
    key = "SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\" + clsid + "\InprocServer32";
    key_h = RegOpenKey(handle:hklm, key:key, mode:MAXIMUM_ALLOWED);
    if (!isnull(key_h))
    {
      value = RegQueryValue(handle:key_h, item:NULL);
      if (!isnull(value)) paths[prod] = ereg_replace(pattern:"^(.+)\\[^\\]+\.dll", replace:"\1", string:value[1]);

      RegCloseKey(handle:key_h);
    }
  }
}
RegCloseKey(handle:hklm);
if (max_index(keys(paths)) == 0) {
  NetUseDel();
  exit(0);
}


# Check the version of 'arj.dll' in each product.
info = "";
foreach prod (keys(paths))
{
  # Determine the version from the DLL itself.
  path = paths[prod];
  share = ereg_replace(pattern:"^([A-Za-z]):.*", replace:"\1$", string:path);
  dll =  ereg_replace(pattern:"^[A-Za-z]:(.*)", replace:"\1\Formats\arj.dll", string:path);
  NetUseDel(close:FALSE);

  rc = NetUseAdd(login:login, password:pass, domain:domain, share:share);
  if (rc != 1)
  {
    NetUseDel();
    exit(0);
  }

  fh = CreateFile(
    file:dll,
    desired_access:GENERIC_READ,
    file_attributes:FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL,
    share_mode:FILE_SHARE_READ,
    create_disposition:OPEN_EXISTING
  );
  ver = NULL;
  if (!isnull(fh))
  {
    ver = GetFileVersion(handle:fh);
    CloseFile(handle:fh);
  }

  # Check the version number.
  if (!isnull(ver))
  {
    fix = split("4.27.0.0", sep:'.', keep:FALSE);
    for (i=0; i<4; i++)
      fix[i] = int(fix[i]);

    for (i=0; i<max_index(ver); i++)
      if ((ver[i] < fix[i]))
      {
        version = string(ver[0], ".", ver[1], ".", ver[2], ".", ver[3]);
        info += "  " + path + "\Formats\arj.dll (file version=" + version + ')\n';
        break;
      }
      else if (ver[i] > fix[i])
        break;
  }
}


# Issue a report if any vulnerable files were found.
if (info)
{
    report = string(
      "The following files are affected :\n",
      "\n",
      info
    );
  security_hole(port:port, extra: report);
}

# Clean up.
NetUseDel();

Saint

bid14925
description7-Zip ARJ archive handling buffer overflow
idmisc_compress_7zip
osvdb19639
title7zip_arj
typeclient