Advisory Details

May 12th, 2015

IBM Lotus Domino BMP Parsing Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

ZDI-15-194
ZDI-CAN-2716

CVE ID CVE-2015-1903
CVSS SCORE 10.0, AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
AFFECTED VENDORS IBM
AFFECTED PRODUCTS Lotus Domino
VULNERABILITY DETAILS


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

The flaw exists within the nrouter.exe component which handles e-mails dispatched from nsmtp.exe listening on port 25. It is possible to trigger a stack-based buffer overflow by specifying an overly large number of colors in the color palette within a BMP. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code under the context of the SYSTEM user.

ADDITIONAL DETAILS IBM has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at:
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21883245
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE
  • 2015-02-10 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
  • 2015-05-12 - Coordinated public release of advisory
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