PGP ASCII Armor Parser Arbitrary File Creation Vulnerability

BID:2556

Info

PGP ASCII Armor Parser Arbitrary File Creation Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 2556
Class: Design Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: Yes
Published: Apr 09 2001 12:00AM
Updated: Apr 09 2001 12:00AM
Credit: Discovered by Chris Anley <[email protected]> on April 9, 2001.
Vulnerable: Network Associates PGP 7.0.4
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
- Microsoft Windows 95
- Microsoft Windows 98
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
 Network Associates PGP 7.0.3
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
- Microsoft Windows 95
- Microsoft Windows 98
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
 Network Associates PGP 6.5.8
- HP HP-UX 10.0
- IBM AIX 4.3
- Linux kernel 2.3
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
- Microsoft Windows 95
- Microsoft Windows 98
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
 - Redhat Linux 7.0
- Sun Solaris 8_sparc
 Network Associates PGP 6.5.3
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
- Microsoft Windows 95
- Microsoft Windows 98
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
 Network Associates PGP 6.5.1 i
- HP HP-UX 11.0
- IBM AIX 4.3
- Linux kernel 2.3
- Microsoft Windows 95
- Microsoft Windows 98
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
 - Redhat Linux 7.0
- Sun Solaris 8_sparc
 Network Associates PGP 6.0.2 i
- Microsoft Windows 95
- Microsoft Windows 98
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
 Network Associates PGP 6.0.2
- Microsoft Windows 95
- Microsoft Windows 98
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
 Network Associates PGP 5.5.5
- Microsoft Windows 95
- Microsoft Windows 98
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
 Network Associates PGP 5.5.3 i
- Microsoft Windows 95
- Microsoft Windows 98
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
 Network Associates PGP 5.0 i
- HP HP-UX 11.0
- IBM AIX 4.3
- Linux kernel 2.3
- Microsoft Windows 95
- Microsoft Windows 98
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
 - Redhat Linux 7.0
- Sun Solaris 8_sparc
 Network Associates PGP 5.0
- Microsoft Windows 95
- Microsoft Windows 98
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
Not Vulnerable:

Exploit / POC

PGP ASCII Armor Parser Arbitrary File Creation Vulnerability

@stake has created a malicious .sig file that exploits this vulnerability:

http://www.atstake.com/research/advisories/2001/notes.doc.sig

Solution / Fix

PGP ASCII Armor Parser Arbitrary File Creation Vulnerability

Solution:
Network Associates has released a patch which rectifies this issue. The patch is for PGP under the Windows platform for Freeware version 7.0.3 and Desktop Security version 7.0.4:


Network Associates PGP 7.0.3

Network Associates PGP 7.0.4

References

PGP ASCII Armor Parser Arbitrary File Creation Vulnerability

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