52294 : Orbit Downloader Crafted URL Handling Overflow
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Views This Week	Views All Time	Added to OSVDB	Last Modified	Modified (since 2008)	Percent Complete
19	1072	over 3 years ago	about 1 year ago	13 times	90%

Timeline

Vendor Informed Date	Vendor Ack Date	Disclosure Date	Vendor Solution Date
2009-01-21	2009-02-05	2009-02-25	2009-02-25

Time to Patch	Time to Vendor Response
35 days	15 days

Description

A buffer overflow exists in Orbit Downloader. The application fails to validate URLs that are displayed with a "Connecting..." message resulting in a stack overflow. With a specially crafted URL, a context-dependent attacker can cause arbitrary code execution resulting in a loss of integrity.

Classification

Location: Local / Remote, Context Dependent
Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Solution: Upgrade
Exploit: Exploit Public, Exploit Commercial
Disclosure: Vendor Verified, Vendor Verified, Coordinated Disclosure
OSVDB: Web Related

Solution

Upgrade to version 2.8.5 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

OrbitDownloader.com	Orbit Downloader	2.8.2
		2.8.3

References

CVE ID: 2009-0187 (see also: NVD)
Secunia Advisory ID: 33843
Bugtraq ID: 33894
Metasploit ID: 52294
Milw0rm: 8118
Exploit Database: 8118
Mail List Post: http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2009-02/0207.html
Other Advisory URL: http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2009-9/
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0521
Vendor Specific Solution URL: http://www.orbitdownloader.com/download.htm
Generic Exploit URL: http://www.saintcorporation.com/cgi-bin/exploit_info/orbit_downloader_connecting_log

Tools & Filters

Snort	3550

Credit

Stefan Cornelius - Gentoo Security

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 9.3
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2009-02-26 | Disagree?

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