PT-2009-4012 · File · File

Sam Morris · Published 2009-05-04 · Updated 2009-11-13 · CVE-2009-1515

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.8

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: file version 5.00

Description: The issue is related to a heap-based buffer overflow in the cdf read sat function, located in src/cdf.c. This allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted compound document file. Examples of such files include .msi, .doc, or .mpp files.

Recommendations: For file version 5.00, update to a newer version that contains a fix for this issue. As a temporary workaround, consider avoiding the use of the cdf read sat function until a patch is available. Restrict access to compound document files to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2009-1515

Affected Products

File

References · 12

• 🔥 http://securityfocus.com/bid/34745 · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2009-1515 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/34881 · Vendor Advisory
• http://mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:129 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-1515 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2009-1515 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-1515 · Security Note
• http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=525820 · Note
• http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=515603 · Note
• http://osvdb.org/54100 · Note
• http://mx.gw.com/pipermail/file/2009/000379.html · Note
• ftp://ftp.astron.com/pub/file/file-5.01.tar.gz · Note