Advisory Details

February 8th, 2012

IBM Rational Rhapsody BBFlashBack.Recorder.1 TestCompatibilityRecordMode Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

CVE ID	CVE-2011-1388
CVSS SCORE	9.0, AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:C
AFFECTED VENDORS	IBM
AFFECTED PRODUCTS	Rational Rhapsody
TREND MICRO CUSTOMER PROTECTION	Trend Micro TippingPoint IPS customers are protected against this vulnerability by Digital Vaccine protection filter ID ['12043']. 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 IBM Rational Rhapsody. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within BB FlashBack Recorder.dll. Uninitialized pointers may be passed as arguments to TestCompatibilityRecordMode() which allows a remote attacker to reliably corrupt controlled memory regions. This behavior can be exploited to remotely execute arbitrary code in the context of the user running the browser.
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=swg21576352
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE	2011-06-29 - Vulnerability reported to vendor 2012-02-08 - Coordinated public release of advisory
CREDIT	Andrea Micalizzi aka rgod

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