Vulnerabilities > CVE-2010-3106 - Improper Input Validation vulnerability in Novell Iprint

047910
CVSS 9.3 - CRITICAL
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
MEDIUM
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
COMPLETE
Integrity impact
COMPLETE
Availability impact
COMPLETE
network
novell
CWE-20
critical
nessus
exploit available
metasploit

Summary

The ienipp.ocx ActiveX control in the browser plugin in Novell iPrint Client before 5.42 does not properly validate the debug parameter, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (stack memory corruption) via a parameter value with a crafted length, related to the ExecuteRequest method.

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.

Exploit-Db

  • descriptionNovell iPrint Client ActiveX Control ExecuteRequest debug Buffer Overflow. CVE-2010-3106. Remote exploit for windows platform
    idEDB-ID:16492
    last seen2016-02-01
    modified2010-09-21
    published2010-09-21
    reportermetasploit
    sourcehttps://www.exploit-db.com/download/16492/
    titleNovell iPrint Client ActiveX Control ExecuteRequest debug Buffer Overflow
  • descriptionNovell iPrint Client ActiveX Control 'debug' Buffer Overflow Exploit. CVE-2010-3106. Remote exploit for windows platform
    idEDB-ID:15073
    last seen2016-02-01
    modified2010-09-21
    published2010-09-21
    reporterTrancer
    sourcehttps://www.exploit-db.com/download/15073/
    titleNovell iPrint Client ActiveX Control 'debug' Buffer Overflow Exploit

Metasploit

descriptionThis module exploits a stack-based buffer overflow in Novell iPrint Client 5.40. When sending an overly long string to the 'debug' parameter in ExecuteRequest() property of ienipp.ocx an attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code.
idMSF:EXPLOIT/WINDOWS/BROWSER/NOVELLIPRINT_EXECUTEREQUEST_DBG
last seen2020-05-01
modified2017-10-05
published2010-09-21
references
reporterRapid7
sourcehttps://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master//modules/exploits/windows/browser/novelliprint_executerequest_dbg.rb
titleNovell iPrint Client ActiveX Control ExecuteRequest debug Buffer Overflow

Nessus

NASL familyWindows
NASL idNOVELL_IPRINT_542.NASL
descriptionNovell iPrint Client version older than 5.42 is installed on the remote host. Such versions are reportedly affected by multiple vulnerabilities : - Due to a flaw in nipplib.dll module, it may be possible for a remote attacker to delete arbitrary files from the remote system via the
last seen2020-06-01
modified2020-06-02
plugin id48364
published2010-08-18
reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2010-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/48364
titleNovell iPrint Client < 5.42 Multiple Flaws
code
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(48364);
  script_version("1.17");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2018/11/15 20:50:27");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2010-3106", "CVE-2010-3107", "CVE-2010-3108", "CVE-2010-3109");
  script_bugtraq_id(42100);
  script_xref(name:"Secunia", value:"40782");

  script_name(english:"Novell iPrint Client < 5.42 Multiple Flaws");
  script_summary(english:"Checks version of Novell iPrint Client");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote host contains an application that is affected by multiple
vulnerabilities.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"Novell iPrint Client version older than 5.42 is installed on the
remote host. Such versions are reportedly affected by multiple
vulnerabilities :

  - Due to a flaw in nipplib.dll module, it may be possible
    for a remote attacker to delete arbitrary files from
    the remote system via the 'CleanUploadFiles' method
    provided by an ActiveX control. (TPTI-10-05)

  - By passing a specially crafted value to the 'debug'
    parameter in the ActiveX control ienipp.ocx, it may be
    possible for an attacker to trigger a stack-based
    buffer overflow, potentially resulting in arbitrary
    code execution within the context of the user running
    the browser. (TPTI-10-06)

  - Due to improper validation of plugin parameters, it may
    be possible for an attacker to trigger a buffer overflow
    condition resulting in arbitrary code execution within
    the context of the user running the browser.
    (ZDI-10-139)

  - Due to improper validation of plugin parameters, it may
    be possible for an attacker to trigger a stack-based
    buffer overflow, potentially resulting in arbitrary code
    execution within the context of the user running the
    browser. (ZDI-10-140)");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://dvlabs.tippingpoint.com/advisory/TPTI-10-05");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also",value:"http://dvlabs.tippingpoint.com/advisory/TPTI-10-06");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also",value:"https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-10-139/");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also",value:"https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-10-140/");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also",value:"https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2010/Aug/65");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also",value:"https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2010/Aug/66");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also",value:"https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2010/Aug/69");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also",value:"https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2010/Aug/70");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://download.novell.com/Download?buildid=ftwZBxEFjIg~");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Upgrade to Novell iPrint Client 5.42 or later.

Note that there is no fix available for Novell iPrint Client 4.x
branch so users should consider upgrading to 5.42 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:F/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_framework_core", value:"true");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"metasploit_name", value:'Novell iPrint Client ActiveX Control ExecuteRequest debug Buffer Overflow');
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_framework_metasploit", value:"true");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2010/07/23");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2010/07/23");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2010/08/18");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:novell:iprint");
  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("audit.inc");
include("smb_func.inc");
include("smb_hotfixes.inc");
include("misc_func.inc");

get_kb_item_or_exit("SMB/Registry/Enumerated");

winroot = hotfix_get_systemroot();
if (!winroot) exit(1, "The 'SMB/Registry/HKLM/SOFTWARE/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/SystemRoot' KB item is missing.");

share = ereg_replace(pattern:"^([A-Za-z]):.*", replace:"\1$", string:winroot);
dll =  ereg_replace(pattern:"^[A-Za-z]:(.*)", replace:"\1\System32\nipplib.dll", string:winroot);

port    =  kb_smb_transport();
login   =  kb_smb_login();
pass    =  kb_smb_password();
domain  =  kb_smb_domain();

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

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

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

if (isnull(fh))
{
  NetUseDel();
  exit(0, "The file '"+winroot+"\System32\nipplib.dll' does not exist.");
}


ver = GetFileVersion(handle:fh);
CloseFile(handle:fh);
NetUseDel();

# Check the version number.
if (!isnull(ver))
{
  # Version that is not vulnerable.
  fixed_version_ui = "5.42";
  version = ver[0] + "." + ver[1] + ver[2];
  if (ver_compare(ver:ver, fix:'5.4.2.0') == -1)
  {
    if (report_verbosity > 0)
    {
      report =
        '\n  File              : ' + winroot + "\System32\nipplib.dll" +
        '\n  Installed version : ' + version +
        '\n  Fixed version     : ' + fixed_version_ui + '\n';
      security_hole(port:port, extra:report);
    }
    else security_hole(port);
    exit(0);
  }
  else
   exit(0, ""+(share-'$')+":"+dll+"' version "+version+" is installed and hence not vulnerable.");
}
else exit(1, "Can't get the file version of '"+(share-'$')+":"+dll+"'.");

Oval

accepted2010-10-04T04:00:27.856-04:00
classvulnerability
contributors
namePreeti Subramanian
organizationSecPod Technologies
definition_extensions
commentNovell iPrint Client is installed
ovaloval:org.mitre.oval:def:12024
descriptionThe ienipp.ocx ActiveX control in the browser plugin in Novell iPrint Client before 5.42 does not properly validate the debug parameter, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (stack memory corruption) via a parameter value with a crafted length, related to the ExecuteRequest method.
familywindows
idoval:org.mitre.oval:def:12044
statusaccepted
submitted2010-08-24T18:10:13
titleDenial of Service vulnerability in ienipp.ocx ActiveX control in the browser plugin in Novell iPrint Client before 5.42
version5

Packetstorm

data sourcehttps://packetstormsecurity.com/files/download/94083/novelliprint_executerequest_dbg.rb.txt
idPACKETSTORM:94083
last seen2016-12-05
published2010-09-21
reporterTrancer
sourcehttps://packetstormsecurity.com/files/94083/Novell-iPrint-Client-ActiveX-Control-debug-Buffer-Overflow.html
titleNovell iPrint Client ActiveX Control debug Buffer Overflow

Seebug

  • bulletinFamilyexploit
    descriptionNo description provided by source.
    idSSV:69887
    last seen2017-11-19
    modified2014-07-01
    published2014-07-01
    reporterRoot
    sourcehttps://www.seebug.org/vuldb/ssvid-69887
    titleNovell iPrint Client ActiveX Control 'debug' Buffer Overflow Exploit
  • bulletinFamilyexploit
    descriptionNo description provided by source.
    idSSV:71006
    last seen2017-11-19
    modified2014-07-01
    published2014-07-01
    reporterRoot
    sourcehttps://www.seebug.org/vuldb/ssvid-71006
    titleNovell iPrint Client ActiveX Control ExecuteRequest debug Buffer Overflow