Published:2017/06/30  Last Updated:2017/07/04

JVN#45134765
Installer of PDF Digital Signature Plugin provided by the Ministry of Justice may insecurely load Dynamic Link Libraries

Overview

Installer of PDF Digital Signature Plugin provided by the Ministry of Justice may insecurely load Dynamic Link Libraries.

Products Affected

  • Installer of PDF Digital Signature Plugin (G2.30) and earlier, distributed till June 29, 2017.

Description

Installer of PDF Digital Signature Plugin provided by the Ministry of Justice 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

Use the Latest Installer
Use the latest installer according to the information provided by the developer.
Users who already have installed PDF Degital Signature Plugin do not need to re-install the application, because this issue affects the installer only.

Vendor Status

References

  1. Japan Vulnerability Note 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 and 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-2017-2233
JVN iPedia JVNDB-2017-000153

Update History

2017/07/04
Information under the section "Products Affected" was modified.