Full Disclosure mailing list archives

Re: [CVE-2013-6356] Avira Secure Backup v1.0.0.1 Multiple Registry Key Value Parsing Local Buffer Overflow Vulnerability


From: Jann Horn <jann () thejh net>
Date: Sun, 17 Nov 2013 16:12:26 +0100

On Sat, Nov 16, 2013 at 03:23:07PM +0100, Julien Ahrens wrote:
A buffer overflow vulnerability has been identified in Avira Secure
Backup v1.0.0.1 Build 3616.

An attacker needs to force the victim to import an arbitrary .reg file
in order to exploit the vulnerability.

Could you please elaborate on why this is a "vulnerability"? If I can convince
someone to import random registry files, can't I just add some autorun entry
or whatever?

Attachment: signature.asc
Description: Digital signature

_______________________________________________
Full-Disclosure - We believe in it.
Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html
Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/

Current thread: