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ZDI-10-159: IBM Lotus Notes Autonomy KeyView WK3 Parsing Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
From: ZDI Disclosures <zdi-disclosures () tippingpoint com>
Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2010 15:57:58 -0500
ZDI-10-159: IBM Lotus Notes Autonomy KeyView WK3 Parsing Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilityhttp://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-10-159August 23, 2010-- CVSS:10, (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)-- Affected Vendors:IBMAutonomy-- Affected Products:IBM Lotus NotesAutonomy KeyView-- TippingPoint(TM) IPS Customer Protection:TippingPoint IPS customers have been protected against thisvulnerability by Digital Vaccine protection filter ID 10246. For further product information on the TippingPoint IPS, visit:http://www.tippingpoint.com-- Vulnerability Details:This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code onvulnerable installations of IBM Lotus Notes Email Client. Userinteraction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the targetmust open a malicious email attachment.The specific flaw exists within the Lotus Notes file viewer utilizingthe KeyView SDK to render a malformed .wk3 document. The applicationwill trust a length specified in the file in order to read a number ofbytes into a statically allocated buffer. This leads to a bufferoverflow and can lead to code execution under the context of theapplication.-- Vendor Response:IBM states:Autonomy corrected the above issues in the patch releases of versions10.10, 10.8, 10.4, 9.2, 7.4 of IDOL Keyview on February 28, 2010.IBM states:http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=463&uid=swg21440812-- Disclosure Timeline:2010-01-22 - Vulnerability reported to vendor2010-08-23 - Coordinated public release of advisory-- Credit:This vulnerability was discovered by: * Anonymous-- About the Zero Day Initiative (ZDI):Established by TippingPoint, The Zero Day Initiative (ZDI) represents a best-of-breed model for rewarding security researchers for responsiblydisclosing discovered vulnerabilities.Researchers interested in getting paid for their security researchthrough the ZDI can find more information and sign-up at:http://www.zerodayinitiative.comThe ZDI is unique in how the acquired vulnerability information isused. TippingPoint does not re-sell the vulnerability details or anyexploit code. Instead, upon notifying the affected product vendor,TippingPoint provides its customers with zero day protection throughits intrusion prevention technology. Explicit details regarding thespecifics of the vulnerability are not exposed to any parties untilan official vendor patch is publicly available. Furthermore, with thealtruistic aim of helping to secure a broader user base, TippingPointprovides this vulnerability information confidentially to securityvendors (including competitors) who have a vulnerability protection ormitigation product.Our vulnerability disclosure policy is available online at:http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/disclosure_policy/Follow the ZDI on Twitter:http://twitter.com/thezdi
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