jetAudio ActiveX control DownloadFromMusicStore function code execution

jetaudio-downloadfrommusic-code-execution (36693) The risk level is classified as HighHigh Risk

Description:

jetAudio could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by a vulnerability in the JetAudio.Interface.1 ActiveX control's DownloadFromMusicStore function. By persuading a victim to view a specially-crafted Web page containing "dot dot" (..\\) sequences in the dst parameter, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to traverse directories on the system and overwrite the JetAudio.exe file to execute arbitrary code on the system with the victim's privileges.

*CVSS:

Base Score: 9.3
  Access Vector: Network
  Access Complexity: Medium
  Authentication: None
  Confidentiality Impact: Complete
  Integrity Impact: Complete
  Availability Impact: Complete
 
Temporal Score: 8.4
  Exploitability: Functional
  Remediation Level: Unavailable
  Report Confidence: Uncorroborated

Consequences:

Gain Access

Remedy:

No remedy available as of February 6, 2010.

References:

  • COWON America Web site: jetAudio.
  • BID-25723: COWON America jetAudio JetFlExt.dll ActiveX Control Insecure Method Vulnerability
  • CVE-2007-4983: Directory traversal vulnerability in the JetAudio.Interface.1 ActiveX control in JetFlExt.dll in jetAudio 7.0.3 Basic and 7.0.3.3016 allows remote attackers to create or overwrite arbitrary local files via a ..\ (dot dot backslash) in the second argument to the DownloadFromMusicStore method. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information. NOTE: this can be leveraged for code execution by overwriting JetAudio.exe, which is launched by the control after completion of the method call.
  • SA26787: jetAudio JetFlExt Class ActiveX Control Insecure Method
  • SECTRACK ID: 1018716: jetAudio ActiveX Control Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
  • VUPEN/ADV-2007-3196: jetAudio DownloadFromMusicStore() Arbitrary File Download Vulnerability

Platforms Affected:

  • COWON America jetAudio 7.0.3.3016 Basic

Reported:

Sep 19, 2007

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