Published:2017/11/21  Last Updated:2017/12/13

JVN#08517069
The installer of Media Go and Music Center for PC may insecurely load Dynamic Link Libraries

Overview

The installer of Media Go and Music Center for PC may insecurely load Dynamic Link Libraries.

Products Affected

  • Media Go version 3.2.0.191 and earlier (CVE-2017-10891)
  • Music Center for PC version 1.0.00 (CVE-2017-10892)

Description

Media Go and Music Center for PC provided by Sony Group are file management tools. The installer of Media Go and Music Center for PC contain an issue with the DLL search path, which may lead to insecurely loading Dynamic Link Libraries (CWE-427).

Impact

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

Solution

Solution for Media Go:
Do not install Media Go
Do not install Media Go because there are no countermeasures provided by the developer against this vulnerability.
According to the developer, existing users are not affected by this vulnerability.  However the developer states that it is recommended to use Media Center for PC instead because distribution of Media Go will be ended at the end of December 2017.

Solution for Music Center for PC:
Use the latest installer
Use the latest installer according to the information provided by the developer.
When installing "Music Center for PC", be sure to check there are no suspicious files in the directory where the installer resides.
According to the developer, existing users are not affected by this vulnerability.  However the developer states that users are recommended to update Music Center for PC to the latest version using the latest installer because the updated version also contains fixes for other bugs.

Vendor Status

Vendor Status Last Update Vendor Notes
Sony Video & Sound Products Inc. Vulnerable 2017/11/21 Sony Video & Sound Products Inc. website

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. and Shun Suzaki reported CVE-2017-10891 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-2017-10891
CVE-2017-10892
JVN iPedia JVNDB-2017-000239

Update History

2017/12/13
Information under [Solution] was modified.