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CVE-2017-1000249

An issue in file() was introduced in commit 9611f31313a93aa036389c5f3b15eea53510d4d1 (Oct 2016) lets an attacker overwri

An issue in file() was introduced in commit 9611f31313a93aa036389c5f3b15eea53510d4d1 (Oct 2016) lets an attacker overwrite a fixed 20 bytes stack buffer with a specially crafted .notes section in an ELF binary. This was fixed in commit 35c94dc6acc418f1ad7f6241a6680e5327495793 (Aug 2017).

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.5 EPSS 0.00138
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Sigma rules8 YARA rules0
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Weakness Classification

CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
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Affected Products & Versions

1
file project fileall versions
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Sigma Hunt Rules

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Exact rules name this CVE ID. Product rules name an affected product in their title. Related rules cover techniques used by actors who exploited this CVE. Showing the most relevant matches; the complete related set is on the full drill-down.
productcriticalWmiexec Default Output File
productcriticalHackTool - QuarksPwDump Dump File
productcriticalWmiprvse Wbemcomn DLL Hijack - File
productcriticalHackTool - Dumpert Process Dumper Default File
productcriticalHackTool - Mimikatz Kirbi File Creation
producthighOpenCanary - SMB File Open Request
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Scoring & Timeline

5.5
MEDIUM · CVSS v3.0 · cve@mitre.org
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Attack Vector
Network Adjacent Local Physical
Attack Complexity
Low High
Privileges Required
None Low High
User Interaction
None Required
Scope
Unchanged Changed
Confidentiality
None Low High
Integrity
None Low High
Availability
None Low High
Published to NVD11 Sep 2017 · 07:29 PM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
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Vendor Advisories

2
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:10755-1
usnUSN-3412-1
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References & Sources

4
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3965
https://github.com/file/file/commit/35c94dc6acc418f1ad7f6241a6680e5327495793PatchThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/file/file/commit/9611f31313a93aa036389c5f3b15eea53510d4dPatchThird Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-02
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