Multiple vendor products URI handling command execution
| Notification Type: |
IBM Internet Security Systems Protection Alert |
| Notification Date: |
Oct. 15, 2007 |
| Notification Version: |
1.3 |
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| Name: |
Multiple vendor products URI handling command execution |
Public disclosure/
In the wild date: |
July 24, 2007 |
| CVE: |
CVE-2007-3896, CVE-2007-5020, CVE-2007-3845, CVE-2007-4038, CVE-2007-4039, CVE-2007-4040, CVE-2007-4041, CVE-2007-4042, CVE-2007-4841 |
| Description: |
Multiple applications, including Adobe Acrobat Reader, Skype, Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird, Netscape Navigator, Microsoft Outlook, and Microsoft Outlook Express could allow a remote attacker to bypass cross-application restrictions and execute arbitrary commands on the system, caused by improper handling of multiple URIs, including the Mailto, nntp, news, snews, and telnet URI protocol handlers. |
ISS Coverage |
| Product |
Content Version |
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Network Sensor 7.0
Proventia A
Proventia IPS (G/GX)
Server Sensor 7.0
Proventia Multifunction Appliance
Proventia Mail
Proventia Server (Linux) |
27.100 |
Proventia Server (Windows)
Proventia Desktop |
x.x.x.2110 |
| BlackICE PC Protection 3.6 |
EQQ |
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| Propagation Techniques |
ISS Protection |
Available |
| web/remote exploit |
Windows_URI_Command_Exec |
Oct 18, 2007 |
| web/email |
Exploit.PDF.UrlExec.A (Proventia Desktop only)
Exploit.PDF-URI.Gen (Proventia Desktop only)
Troj/PDFex-A (Proventia M only) |
Oct 26, 2007
Oct 27, 2007
Oct 24, 2007 |
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Detailed Description |
| Business Impact: |
This vulnerability primarily affects endpoints, requires some user interaction (clicking malicious link), but allows an attacker to remotely execute code on the target system. Multiple research groups have published significant information on the issue, so constructing a working exploit would be fairly trivial. The growing list of affected applications and lack of patches for the applications (esp. Adobe PDF Viewer) along with the underlying vulnerability (Microsoft) also contribute to the severity of this issue. |
| CVSS: |
Base Score: |
8 |
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Access Vector: |
Remote |
| Access Complexity: |
High |
| Authentication: |
Not Required |
| Confidentiality Impact: |
Complete |
| Integrity Impact: |
Complete |
| Availability Impact: |
Complete |
| Impact Bias: |
Normal |
| Adjusted Temporal Score: |
6.3 |
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Exploitability: |
PoC |
| Remediation Level: |
Official Fix |
| Report Confidence: |
Confirmed |
| Affected Products: |
For a full list of affected software and versions, see references below. |
| Technical Description: |
Multiple applications, including Adobe Acrobat Reader, Skype, Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird, Netscape Navigator, Microsoft Outlook, and Microsoft Outlook Express could allow a remote attacker to bypass cross-application restrictions and execute arbitrary commands on the system, caused by improper handling of multiple URIs, including the Mailto, nntp, news, snews, and telnet URI protocol handlers. By persuading a victim to visit a specially-crafted Web page that calls one of the vulnerable protocol handlers, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to inject and execute arbitrary shell commands on the system. Note: XULRunner apps such as Joost and Democracy Player are also affected by this vulnerability. |
| Remediation: |
Some patches are available for this issue. See References for details. |
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References |
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Revision History |
| 1.0 |
Initial publication. |
| 1.1 |
Added CVE-2007-5020. |
| 1.2 |
Added reference for Adobe bulletin with remediation information. |
| 1.3 |
Added signature AV coverage information and link to Microsoft bulletin/patch. |
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