Advisory Details

April 19th, 2017

ThinPrint TPView JPEG2000 Parsing Out-Of-Bounds Read Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

ZDI-17-290
ZDI-CAN-4204

CVE ID CVE-2017-4910
CVSS SCORE 6.2, AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
AFFECTED VENDORS ThinPrint
AFFECTED PRODUCTS ThinPrint
VULNERABILITY DETAILS


This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of ThinPrint. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file.

The specific flaw exists within JPEG2000 parsing. The process does not properly validate user-supplied data which can result in a read past the end of an allocated object. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code under the context of the host OS.

ADDITIONAL DETAILS ThinPrint has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at:
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2017-0008.html
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE
  • 2016-11-30 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
  • 2017-04-19 - Coordinated public release of advisory
CREDIT Ke Liu of Tencent's Xuanwu LAB
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