CVE-2012-6706
Description
A VMSF_DELTA memory corruption was discovered in unrar before 5.5.5, as used in Sophos Anti-Virus Threat Detection Engine before 3.37.2 and other products, that can lead to arbitrary code execution. An integer overflow can be caused in DataSize+CurChannel. The result is a negative value of the "DestPos" variable, which allows the attacker to write out of bounds when setting Mem[DestPos].
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CVSS Vector Breakdown
Exploitability
AV:NAttack VectorNetwork
AC:LAttack ComplexityLow
PR:NPrivileges RequiredNone
UI:NUser InteractionNone
Scope
S:UScopeUnchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentialityHigh
I:HIntegrityHigh
A:HAvailabilityHigh
Weaknesses
Affected Products
Sophos Ltd.
commercial·GBaka sophos, sophos web appliance (swa), sfos, sophos firewall
rarlab
commercialaka rar, winrar, unrar
FAR Group
commercial
АО «Концерн ВНИИНС»
commercial·RUaka ao konsern vniins
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Exploitability
Official Patch Available
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MITRE ATT&CK
1 technique Initial Access
References
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1286
bugs.chromium.org
https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2012/11/05/tavis-ormandy-sophos/
nakedsecurity.sophos.com
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-24
security.gentoo.org
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