Published:2017/08/25  Last Updated:2017/08/25

JVN#22272314
Installer of "Flets Setsuzoku Tool" may insecurely load Dynamic Link Libraries

Overview

Installer of "Flets Setsuzoku Tool"provided by NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE WEST CORPORATION may insecurely load Dynamic Link Libraries.

Products Affected

  • Flets Setsuzoku Tool for Windows all versions

Description

Installer of "Flets Setsuzoku Tool"provided by NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE WEST CORPORATION contains 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

Do not use "Flets Setsuzoku Tool"
Developer states that they have stopped providing "Flets Setsuzoku Tool" on the website since 2017 June 30.
Do not use "Flets Setsuzoku Tool" because there are no countermeasures provided by the developer against this vulnerability.

For details, refer to the information provided by the developer.

Vendor Status

Vendor Status Last Update Vendor Notes
NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE WEST CORPORATION Vulnerable 2017/08/25 NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE WEST CORPORATION 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. 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-2017-2242
JVN iPedia JVNDB-2017-000216