Advisory Details

March 12th, 2015

MICROSYS PROMOTIC Stack Buffer Overflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

ZDI-15-091
ZDI-CAN-2543

CVE ID CVE-2014-9205
CVSS SCORE 7.5, AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
AFFECTED VENDORS MICROSYS
AFFECTED PRODUCTS PROMOTIC
TREND MICRO CUSTOMER PROTECTION Trend Micro TippingPoint IPS customers are protected against this vulnerability by Digital Vaccine protection filter ID ['17064']. For further product information on the TippingPoint IPS: http://www.tippingpoint.com
VULNERABILITY DETAILS


This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of MICROSYS PROMOTIC. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability.

The program blindly copies attacker-supplied data into a fixed-sized buffer without validating the length of this data resulting in a stack buffer overflow. The specific flaw exists within the PmBase64Decode function which ignores the passed-in length of the destination buffer. An attacker can exploit this condition to achieve code execution under the context of the process.

ADDITIONAL DETAILS MICROSYS has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at:
https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-15-062-01
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE
  • 2014-11-19 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
  • 2015-03-12 - Coordinated public release of advisory
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