Vulnerabilities > CVE-2009-0546 - Improper Restriction of Operations Within the Bounds of A Memory Buffer vulnerability in Newsgator Feeddemon
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
MEDIUM Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
COMPLETE Integrity impact
COMPLETE Availability impact
COMPLETE Summary
Stack-based buffer overflow in NewsGator FeedDemon 2.7 and earlier allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long text attribute in an outline element in a .opml file.
Vulnerable Configurations
| Part | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Application | 5 |
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 FeedDemon. CVE-2009-0546. Local exploit for windows platform id EDB-ID:16640 last seen 2016-02-02 modified 2010-11-11 published 2010-11-11 reporter metasploit source https://www.exploit-db.com/download/16640/ title FeedDemon <= 3.1.0.12 - Stack Buffer Overflow description FeedDemon. CVE-2009-0546. Local exploit for windows platform file exploits/windows/local/8010.pl id EDB-ID:8010 last seen 2016-02-01 modified 2009-02-09 platform windows port published 2009-02-09 reporter cenjan source https://www.exploit-db.com/download/8010/ title FeedDemon <= 2.7 OPML Outline Tag Buffer Overflow Exploit type local description feedDemon v3.1.0.9 opml File Buffer Overflow Exploit. CVE-2009-0546. Local exploit for windows platform id EDB-ID:11379 last seen 2016-02-01 modified 2010-02-09 published 2010-02-09 reporter fl0 fl0w source https://www.exploit-db.com/download/11379/ title feedDemon 3.1.0.9 - opml File Buffer Overflow Exploit description FeedMon 2.7.0.0 outline Tag Buffer Overflow Exploit PoC. CVE-2009-0546. Dos exploit for windows platform file exploits/windows/dos/7995.pl id EDB-ID:7995 last seen 2016-02-01 modified 2009-02-05 platform windows port published 2009-02-05 reporter Praveen Darshanam source https://www.exploit-db.com/download/7995/ title FeedMon 2.7.0.0 outline Tag Buffer Overflow Exploit PoC type dos
Metasploit
| description | This module exploits a buffer overflow in FeedDemon v3.1.0.12. When the application is used to import a specially crafted opml file, a buffer overflow occurs allowing arbitrary code execution. All versions are suspected to be vulnerable. This vulnerability was originally reported against version 2.7 in February of 2009. |
| id | MSF:EXPLOIT/WINDOWS/FILEFORMAT/FEEDDEMON_OPML |
| last seen | 2020-03-06 |
| modified | 2020-01-15 |
| published | 2010-06-03 |
| references | https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-0546 |
| reporter | Rapid7 |
| source | https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master//modules/exploits/windows/fileformat/feeddemon_opml.rb |
| title | FeedDemon Stack Buffer Overflow |
Packetstorm
| data source | https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/download/90297/feeddemon_opml.rb.txt |
| id | PACKETSTORM:90297 |
| last seen | 2016-12-05 |
| published | 2010-06-04 |
| reporter | fl0 fl0w |
| source | https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/90297/FeedDemon-3.1.0.12-Stack-Buffer-Overflow.html |
| title | FeedDemon 3.1.0.12 Stack Buffer Overflow |