Hewlett-Packard Data Protector DtbClsLogin Utf8cpy Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

September 13th, 2010
ZDI-10-174 ZDI-CAN-581

CVE ID

CVE-2010-3007

CVSS Score

10.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected Vendors

Hewlett-Packard

Affected Products

OpenView Data Protector

Vulnerability Details

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Hewlett-Packard Data Protector. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability.

The specific flaw exists within the function DtbClsLogin defined in the module dpwindtb.dll on Windows and libdplindtb.so on Linux. This function takes user supplied input and copies it directly to a stack buffer. By providing a large enough string this buffer can be overrun and may result in arbitrary code execution dependent on the underlying operating system.

Additional Details

Hewlett-Packard has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at:
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c02498535

Disclosure Timeline

  • 2009-10-21 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
  • 2010-09-13 - Coordinated public release of advisory

Credit

AbdulAziz Hariri of Insight Technologies

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