Published:2017/10/11  Last Updated:2017/10/11

JVN#94056834
Installer of HIBUN Confidential File Viewer may insecurely load Dynamic Link Libraries and invoke executable files

Overview

Installer of HIBUN Confidential File Viewer may insecurely load Dynamic Link Libraries and invoke executable files.

Products Affected

  • HIBUN Confidential File Viewer prior to version 11.20.0001

Description

Installer of HIBUN Confidential File Viewer provided by Hitachi Solutions, Ltd. contains an issue with the search path for DLL/executable files, which may lead to insecurely loading Dynamic Link Libraries and invoking executable files (CWE-427).

Impact

Arbitrary code may be executed with the privilege of the user invoking the installer.

Solution

Use the latest installer
Use the latest installer according to the information provided by the developer.
Users who already have installed HIBUN Confidential File Viewer do not need to re-install the application, because this issue affects the installer only.

Vendor Status

Vendor Status Last Update Vendor Notes
Hitachi Vulnerable 2017/10/11
Vendor Link
Hitachi Solutions, Ltd. HIBUN Insecure DLL Loading Vulnerablity

References

  1. Japan Vulnerability Notes JVNTA#91240916
    Insecure DLL Loading and Command Execution Issues on Many Windows Application Programs

JPCERT/CC Addendum

Vulnerability Analysis by JPCERT/CC

CVSS v3 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Base Score: 7.8
Attack Vector(AV) Physical (P) Local (L) Adjacent (A) Network (N)
Attack Complexity(AC) High (H) Low (L)
Privileges Required(PR) High (H) Low (L) None (N)
User Interaction(UI) Required (R) None (N)
Scope(S) Unchanged (U) Changed (C)
Confidentiality Impact(C) None (N) Low (L) High (H)
Integrity Impact(I) None (N) Low (L) High (H)
Availability Impact(A) None (N) Low (L) High (H)
CVSS v2 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Base Score: 6.8
Access Vector(AV) Local (L) Adjacent Network (A) Network (N)
Access Complexity(AC) High (H) Medium (M) Low (L)
Authentication(Au) Multiple (M) Single (S) None (N)
Confidentiality Impact(C) None (N) Partial (P) Complete (C)
Integrity Impact(I) None (N) Partial (P) Complete (C)
Availability Impact(A) None (N) Partial (P) Complete (C)

Comment

This analysis assumes that the user is tricked into placing a malicious DLL file prepared by an attacker in a specific folder.

Credit

Eili Masami of Tachibana Lab. reported this vulnerability to IPA.
JPCERT/CC coordinated with the developer under Information Security Early Warning Partnership.

Other Information

JPCERT Alert
JPCERT Reports
CERT Advisory
CPNI Advisory
TRnotes
CVE CVE-2017-10864
JVN iPedia JVNDB-2017-000228