News File Grabber NZB file buffer overflow
| newsfilegrabber-nzb-bo (32577) |  High Risk |
Description:
News File Grabber is vulnerable to a buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking of NZB files. By sending a specially-crafted NZB file with an overly long subject field, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system with SYSTEM privileges, if the attacker could persuade the victim to open the malicious NZB file and view articles or message headers.
*CVSS:
| Base Score: | 8 |
| Access Vector: | Remote |
| Access Complexity: | High |
| Authentication: | Not Required |
| Confidentiality Impact: | Complete |
| Integrity Impact: | Complete |
| Availability Impact: | Complete |
| Temporal Score: | 6.5 |
| Exploitability: | Unproven |
| Remediation Level: | Unavailable |
| Report Confidence: | Uncorroborated |
Consequences:
Gain Access
Remedy:
No remedy available as of July 9, 2011.
References:
- News File Grabber Web site: News File Grabber - Download - The Binary-Downloader for Usenet-Newsgroups.
- BID-22617: News File Grabber Subject Line Stack Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
- CVE-2007-1037: Stack-based buffer overflow in News File Grabber 4.1.0.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a .nzb file with a long subject field. NOTE: the provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained solely from third party information.
- SA24237: News File Grabber NZB File Processing Code Execution
- VUPEN/ADV-2007-0662: News File Grabber NZB File Handling Client-Side Command Execution Vulnerability
Platforms Affected:
- Microsoft Windows Vista
- rsbr Software News File Grabber 4.1.0.1
Reported:
Feb 20, 2007
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