Published:2018/07/06  Last Updated:2018/07/06

JVN#52574492
The installers of multiple Logicool software programs may insecurely load Dynamic Link Libraries

Overview

The installers of multiple software programs provided by Logicool Co. Ltd may insecurely load Dynamic Link Libraries.

Products Affected

  • LOGICOOL Game Software versions before 8.87.116 - CVE-2018-0620
  • LOGICOOL CONNECTION UTILITY SOFTWARE versions before 2.30.9 - CVE-2018-0621

Description

The installers of multiple software programs provided by Logicool Co. Ltd 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

Use the latest installer
Use the latest installers provided by the developer.
According to the developer, the vulnerability in LOGICOOL Game Software has been already addressed in version 8.87.116 released on August 31, 2016.

Note that this vulnerability affects the installers only. Users who have already installed the program(s) are not affected.
If older versions of the installers are saved on your computer, delete them immediately.

Vendor Status

Vendor Status Last Update Vendor Notes
Logicool Co Ltd. Vulnerable 2018/07/06

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

Yuji Tounai of NTT Communications Corporation 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-2018-0620
CVE-2018-0621
JVN iPedia JVNDB-2018-000072