Fujitsu Chocoa "Topic" Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

BID:573

Info

Fujitsu Chocoa "Topic" Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 573
Class: Boundary Condition Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Aug 03 1999 12:00AM
Updated: Aug 03 1999 12:00AM
Credit: Posted to the Shadow Penguin Security website August 3, 1999 by UNYUN.
Vulnerable: Fujitsu Chocoa 1.0 beta7R
- Microsoft Windows 95
- Microsoft Windows 98
- Microsoft Windows NT 3.5.1
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Fujitsu Chocoa "Topic" Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

The Chocoa IRC client has an unchecked buffer in the code that processes channel topics. If the server returns a topic that overwrites the client's buffer and contains exploit code arbitrary commands can be run on the client system.

Exploit / POC

Fujitsu Chocoa "Topic" Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

This exploit will open an instance of notepad on the target, with the autoexec.bat file loaded into it.

Solution / Fix

References

Fujitsu Chocoa "Topic" Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

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