Vulnerabilities > CVE-2011-5003 - Improper Restriction of Operations Within the Bounds of A Memory Buffer vulnerability in Avid Media Composer

047910
CVSS 10.0 - CRITICAL
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
COMPLETE
Integrity impact
COMPLETE
Availability impact
COMPLETE
network
low complexity
avid
CWE-119
critical
exploit available
metasploit
NVD
Published: 2011-12-25
Updated: 2017-08-29

Summary

Stack-based buffer overflow in the Phonetic Indexer (AvidPhoneticIndexer.exe) in Avid Media Composer 5.5.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long request to TCP port 4659.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Avid
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

descriptionAVID Media Composer Phonetic Indexer Remote Stack BoF. CVE-2011-5003. Remote exploit for windows platform
fileexploits/windows/remote/18183.rb
idEDB-ID:18183
last seen2016-02-02
modified2011-12-01
platformwindows
port
published2011-12-01
reporterNick Freeman
sourcehttps://www.exploit-db.com/download/18183/
titleAVID Media Composer Phonetic Indexer Remote Stack BoF
typeremote

Metasploit

descriptionThis module exploits a stack buffer overflow in process AvidPhoneticIndexer.exe (port 4659), which comes as part of the Avid Media Composer 5.5 Editing Suite. This daemon sometimes starts on a different port; if you start it standalone it will run on port 4660.
idMSF:EXPLOIT/WINDOWS/MISC/AVIDPHONETICINDEXER
last seen2020-06-07
modified2017-07-24
published2011-12-02
references
reporterRapid7
sourcehttps://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master//modules/exploits/windows/misc/avidphoneticindexer.rb
titleAvid Media Composer 5.5 - Avid Phonetic Indexer Buffer Overflow

References