Vulnerabilities > CVE-2010-0189 - Improper Input Validation vulnerability in multiple products

047910
CVSS 9.3 - CRITICAL
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
MEDIUM
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
COMPLETE
Integrity impact
COMPLETE
Availability impact
COMPLETE
network
nos-microsystems
adobe
CWE-20
critical
nessus

Summary

A certain ActiveX control in NOS Microsystems getPlus Download Manager (aka DLM or Downloader) 1.5.2.35, as used in Adobe Download Manager, improperly validates requests involving web sites that are not in subdomains, which allows remote attackers to force the download and installation of arbitrary programs via a crafted name for a download site. Per: http://blogs.adobe.com/psirt/2010/02/adobe_download_manager_issue.html "Adobe is aware of the recently posted report of a remote code execution vulnerability in the Adobe Download Manager."

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.
  • Server Side Include (SSI) Injection
    An attacker can use Server Side Include (SSI) Injection to send code to a web application that then gets executed by the web server. Doing so enables the attacker to achieve similar results to Cross Site Scripting, viz., arbitrary code execution and information disclosure, albeit on a more limited scale, since the SSI directives are nowhere near as powerful as a full-fledged scripting language. Nonetheless, the attacker can conveniently gain access to sensitive files, such as password files, and execute shell commands.
  • Cross Zone Scripting
    An attacker is able to cause a victim to load content into their web-browser that bypasses security zone controls and gain access to increased privileges to execute scripting code or other web objects such as unsigned ActiveX controls or applets. This is a privilege elevation attack targeted at zone-based web-browser security. In a zone-based model, pages belong to one of a set of zones corresponding to the level of privilege assigned to that page. Pages in an untrusted zone would have a lesser level of access to the system and/or be restricted in the types of executable content it was allowed to invoke. In a cross-zone scripting attack, a page that should be assigned to a less privileged zone is granted the privileges of a more trusted zone. This can be accomplished by exploiting bugs in the browser, exploiting incorrect configuration in the zone controls, through a cross-site scripting attack that causes the attackers' content to be treated as coming from a more trusted page, or by leveraging some piece of system functionality that is accessible from both the trusted and less trusted zone. This attack differs from "Restful Privilege Escalation" in that the latter correlates to the inadequate securing of RESTful access methods (such as HTTP DELETE) on the server, while cross-zone scripting attacks the concept of security zones as implemented by a browser.
  • Cross Site Scripting through Log Files
    An attacker may leverage a system weakness where logs are susceptible to log injection to insert scripts into the system's logs. If these logs are later viewed by an administrator through a thin administrative interface and the log data is not properly HTML encoded before being written to the page, the attackers' scripts stored in the log will be executed in the administrative interface with potentially serious consequences. This attack pattern is really a combination of two other attack patterns: log injection and stored cross site scripting.
  • Command Line Execution through SQL Injection
    An attacker uses standard SQL injection methods to inject data into the command line for execution. This could be done directly through misuse of directives such as MSSQL_xp_cmdshell or indirectly through injection of data into the database that would be interpreted as shell commands. Sometime later, an unscrupulous backend application (or could be part of the functionality of the same application) fetches the injected data stored in the database and uses this data as command line arguments without performing proper validation. The malicious data escapes that data plane by spawning new commands to be executed on the host.

Nessus

NASL familyWindows
NASL idADOBE_DOWNLOAD_MANAGER_APSB10-08.NASL
descriptionThe remote Windows host has a version of Adobe Download Manager earlier than 1.6.2.63 installed. Such versions are potentially affected by a vulnerability that allows an attacker to download and install unauthorized software onto a user
last seen2020-06-01
modified2020-06-02
plugin id44939
published2010-03-01
reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2010-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/44939
titleAdobe Download Manager Arbitrary File Download (APSB10-08)
code
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#

include ("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(44939);
  script_version("1.13");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2018/11/15 20:50:26");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2010-0189");
  script_bugtraq_id(38313);

  script_name (english:"Adobe Download Manager Arbitrary File Download (APSB10-08)");
  script_summary (english:"Checks the version of getPlusPlus_Adobe.exe");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Windows host has a download manager installed that is prone
to an arbitrary file download vulnerability.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote Windows host has a version of Adobe Download Manager
earlier than 1.6.2.63 installed. Such versions are potentially
affected by a vulnerability that allows an attacker to download and
install unauthorized software onto a user's system.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-08.html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://blogs.adobe.com/psirt/2010/02/security_update_released_for_t.html/");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/509720/30/0/threaded");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Either upgrade to Adobe Download Manager version 1.6.2.63 or uninstall
the application.");
 script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/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_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2010/02/18");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2010/02/23");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2010/03/01");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:adobe:download_manager");
  script_end_attributes();

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

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2010-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");

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

  exit(0);
}

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

list = get_kb_list("SMB/Registry/HKLM/SOFTWARE/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/Uninstall/*/DisplayName");
if (isnull(list)) exit(1, "The 'SMB/Registry/HKLM/SOFTWARE/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/Uninstall' KB items are missing.");

installstring = NULL;
foreach name (keys(list))
{
  prod = list[name];
  if (prod && 'Adobe Download Manager' >< prod)
  {
    installstring = ereg_replace(pattern:"^SMB\/Registry\/HKLM\/(SOFTWARE\/Microsoft\/Windows\/CurrentVersion\/Uninstall\/.+)\/DisplayName$", replace:"\1", string:name);
    installstring = str_replace(find:"/", replace:"\", string:installstring);
  }
}
if (isnull(installstring)) exit(0, "No evidence of Adobe Download Manager was found in the registry.");

#Connect to the appropriate share
name     = kb_smb_name();
port     = kb_smb_transport();
#if (!get_port_state(port)) exit(0);
login    = kb_smb_login();
pass     = kb_smb_password();
domain   = kb_smb_domain();

#soc = open_sock_tcp(port);
#if (!soc)
#  exit(1, "Could not open socket to port "+port+".");

#session_init(socket:soc, hostname:name);

if(!smb_session_init()) audit(AUDIT_FN_FAIL, 'smb_session_init');

rc = NetUseAdd(login:login, password:pass, domain:domain, share:"IPC$");
if (rc != 1)
{
  NetUseDel();
  exit(1, "Can't connect to the remote registry.");
}

# Determine where it's installed.
path = NULL;
hklm = RegConnectRegistry(hkey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE);
key_h = RegOpenKey(handle:hklm, key:installstring, mode:MAXIMUM_ALLOWED);
if (!isnull(key_h))
{
  item = RegQueryValue(handle:key_h, item:"InstallLocation");
  if (!isnull(item)) path = item[1];

  RegCloseKey(handle:key_h);
}
RegCloseKey(handle:hklm);

if (isnull(path))
{
  NetUseDel();
  exit(1, "The Adobe Download Manager install location could not be found in the registry.");
}
NetUseDel(close:FALSE);


# Determine the version from the executable.
share = ereg_replace(pattern:"^([A-Za-z]):.*", replace:"\1$", string:path);
exe = ereg_replace(pattern:"^[A-Za-z]:(.*)", replace:"\1\getPlusPlus_Adobe.exe", string:path);

rc = NetUseAdd(login:login, password:pass, domain:domain, share:share);
if (rc != 1)
{
  NetUseDel();
  exit(1, "Can't connect to '"+share+"' share.");
}

fh = CreateFile(
  file:exe,
  desired_access:GENERIC_READ,
  file_attributes:FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL,
  share_mode:FILE_SHARE_READ,
  create_disposition:OPEN_EXISTING
);

# Grab the version number if the file was opened successfully.
if (isnull(fh))
{
  NetUseDel();
  exit(0, "Unable to access Adobe Download Manager executable : " + exe);
}

version = GetProductVersion(handle:fh);
CloseFile(handle:fh);
if (isnull(version)) exit(1, "Failed to get file version of '"+exe+"'.");

version = ereg_replace(string:version, pattern:',', replace:'.');

ver = split(version, sep:'.', keep:FALSE);
for (i=0; i<max_index(ver); i++)
  ver[i] = int(ver[i]);

if (
  ver[0] < 1 ||
  (
    ver[0] == 1 &&
    (
      ver[1] < 6 ||
      (
        ver[1] == 6 &&
        (
          ver[2] < 2 ||
          (ver[2] == 2 && ver[3] < 63)
        )
      )
    )
  )
)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0)
  {
    report =
      '\n' +
      'Product            : Adobe Download Manager\n' +
      'Path               : ' + path + '\n' +
      'Installed version  : ' + version + '\n' +
      'Fixed version      : 1.6.2.63\n';
    security_hole(port:port, extra:report);
  }
  else security_hole(port:port);
  exit(0);
}
exit(0, "Adobe Download Manager version "+version+" is installed and thus not affected.");

Oval

accepted2014-06-30T04:11:23.664-04:00
classvulnerability
contributors
  • namePreeti Subramanian
    organizationSecPod Technologies
  • namePreeti Subramanian
    organizationSecPod Technologies
  • nameJosh Turpin
    organizationSymantec Corporation
  • nameMaria Mikhno
    organizationALTX-SOFT
descriptionA certain ActiveX control in NOS Microsystems getPlus Download Manager (aka DLM or Downloader) 1.5.2.35, as used in Adobe Download Manager, improperly validates requests involving web sites that are not in subdomains, which allows remote attackers to force the download and installation of arbitrary programs via a crafted name for a download site.
familywindows
idoval:org.mitre.oval:def:7182
statusaccepted
submitted2010-05-14T03:34:03
titleActiveX control in NOS Microsystems getPlus Download Manager Vulnerability
version14

Seebug

bulletinFamilyexploit
descriptionCVE-2010-0189 A vulnerability has been identified in Adobe Download Manager, which could be exploited by remote attackers to compromise a vulnerable system. This issue is caused by an error when processing URLs, which could be exploited by attackers to download and install unauthorized software onto a vulnerable system by tricking a user into following a specially crafted link or visiting a malicious web page. Note : The Adobe Download Manager is automatically installed when downloading Adobe Reader for Windows or Adobe Flash Player for Windows from Adobe's website, however, it is designed to remove itself from the computer after use at the next computer restart. Adobe Download Manager on Windows (prior to February 23, 2010) Restart the system or manually uninstall Adobe Download Manager : http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-08.html
idSSV:19181
last seen2017-11-19
modified2010-02-25
published2010-02-25
reporterRoot
titleAdobe Download Manager File Download and Execution Vulnerability