2010-3124 | VideoLAN VLC Media Player wintab32.dll memory corruption (BID-42707 / EDB-14750)

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9.4	$0-$5k	0.17

A vulnerability has been found in VideoLAN VLC Media Player up to 1.1.3 (Multimedia Player Software) and classified as very critical. This vulnerability affects some unknown processing in the library wintab32.dll. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-119. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Untrusted search path vulnerability in bin/winvlc.c in VLC Media Player 1.1.3 and earlier allows local users, and possibly remote attackers, to execute arbitrary code and conduct DLL hijacking attacks via a Trojan horse wintab32.dll that is located in the same folder as a .mp3 file.

The weakness was presented 08/25/2010 by Secfence (oss-sec). The advisory is shared for download at openwall.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2010-3124 since 08/25/2010. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Technical details and also a public exploit are known. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 09/24/2021).

A public exploit has been developed by Secfence in C++ and been published even before and not after the advisory. It is declared as proof-of-concept. It is possible to download the exploit at securityfocus.com. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 48906 (VLC Media Player Windows.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Vulnerability Center (SBV-27007), Tenable (48906) and Exploit-DB (14750).

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 10.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 9.4

VulDB Base Score: 10.0
VulDB Temp Score: 9.4
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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
ATT&CK: Unknown

Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
Author: Secfence
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Nessus ID: 48906
Nessus Name: VLC Media Player Nessus File: 🔍
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OpenVAS ID: 801500
OpenVAS Name: VLC Media Player File Opening Insecure Library Loading Vulnerability (Win)
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09/24/2021 +2380 days 🔍Vendor: https://www.videolan.org/

Advisory: openwall.com
Researcher: Secfence
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2010-3124 (🔍)
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Vulnerability Center: 27007 – VLC Media Player 1.1.3 and Earlier Untrusted Search Path Vulnerability Allows Remote Code Execution, Medium
SecurityFocus: 42707 – VLC Media Player ‘wintab32.dll’ DLL Loading Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability
Secunia: 41107
OSVDB: 67492 – VLC Media Player Path Subversion Arbitrary DLL Injection Code Execution

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Created: 03/19/2015 14:37
Updated: 09/24/2021 00:42
Changes: (1) source_nessus_risk
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