Published:2017/08/22  Last Updated:2017/08/22

JVN#67954465
Installer of Photo Collection PC Software provided by NTT DOCOMO, INC. may insecurely load Dynamic Link Libraries and invoke executable files

Overview

Installer of Photo Collection PC Software provided by NTT DOCOMO, INC. may insecurely load Dynamic Link Libraries and invoke executable files.

Products Affected

  • Photo Collection PC Software Ver.4.0.2 and earlier

Description

Photo Collection PC Software provided by NTT DOCOMO, INC. contains an issue with the search paths for DLL/executable files, which may lead to insecurely loading Dynamic Link Libraries and invoking executable files (CWE-427).

Impact

This vulnerability can be exploited when the following condition is met. If this vulnerability is exploited, an arbitrary code may be executed with the privilege of the user invoking the installer.

  • A user is tricked into placing a malicious DLL or an executable file prepared by an attacker in a specific folder.

Solution

Use the latest installer
Use the latest installer according to the information provided by the developer.
Users who already have installed Photo Collection PC Software do not need to re-install the application, because this issue affects the installer only.

Vendor Status

Vendor Status Last Update Vendor Notes
NTT DOCOMO, INC. Vulnerable 2017/08/22 NTT DOCOMO, 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/executable 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-2017-10812
JVN iPedia JVNDB-2017-000197

Update History

2017/08/22
Title and the information under the section [Overview] and [Description] were modified.