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PGP Desktop Insecure Library Loading Vulnerability


Secunia ID

SA41135

CVE-ID

CVE-2010-3397

Release Date

02 Sep 2010

Last Change

17 Sep 2010

Criticality

Highly Critical

Solution Status

Unpatched

Software

PGP Desktop 10.x
PGP Desktop 9.x

Where

From remote

Impact
System access

This covers vulnerabilities where malicious people are able to gain system access and execute arbitrary code with the privileges of a local user.

Description

A vulnerability has been discovered in PGP Desktop, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.

The vulnerability is caused due to the application loading libraries (e.g. tvttsp.dll, tsp.dll) in an insecure manner. This can be exploited to load arbitrary libraries by tricking a user into e.g. opening a PGP file located on a remote WebDAV or SMB share.

Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code.

The vulnerability is confirmed in versions 9.9.0 Build 397 and 10.0.0 Build 2732. Other versions may also be affected.

Solution

Do not open untrusted files.

Reported by

Reported by an unknown person.

Original Advisory

http://www.corelan.be:8800/index.php/2010/08/25/dll-hijacking-kb-2269637-the-unofficial-list/