Vulnerabilities > CVE-2008-5409 - Improper Restriction of Operations Within the Bounds of A Memory Buffer vulnerability in multiple products
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
MEDIUM Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
COMPLETE Integrity impact
COMPLETE Availability impact
COMPLETE Summary
Unspecified vulnerability in the pdf.xmd module in (1) BitDefender Free Edition 10 and Antivirus Standard 10, (2) BullGuard Internet Security 8.5, and (3) Software602 Groupware Server 6.0.08.1118 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted PDF file, possibly related to included compressed streams that were processed with the ASCIIHexDecode filter. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
Vulnerable Configurations
| Part | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Application | 2 | |
| Application | 1 | |
| Application | 1 |
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
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.
Exploit-Db
| description | BitDefender (module pdf.xmd) Infinite Loop Denial of Service PoC. CVE-2008-5409. Dos exploit for windows platform |
| file | exploits/windows/dos/7178.txt |
| id | EDB-ID:7178 |
| last seen | 2016-02-01 |
| modified | 2008-11-20 |
| platform | windows |
| port | |
| published | 2008-11-20 |
| reporter | ProTeuS |
| source | https://www.exploit-db.com/download/7178/ |
| title | BitDefender - module pdf.xmd Infinite Loop Denial of Service PoC |
| type | dos |
References
- http://milw0rm.com/sploits/2008-BitDefenderDOS.zip
- http://osvdb.org/50010
- http://osvdb.org/50103
- http://osvdb.org/50205
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27805
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32789
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32814
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32396
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46750
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7178