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JVNDB-2017-000104

RW-4040 driver installer may insecurely load Dynamic Link Libraries

Overview

RW-4040 driver installer for IC Card Reader/Writer devices provided by Sharp Corporation contains an issue with the DLL search path, which may lead to insecurely load Dynamic Link Libraries (CWE-427).

Yuji Tounai of NTT Communications Corporation and BlackWingCat of PinkFlyingWhale reported this vulnerability to IPA.
JPCERT/CC coordinated with the developer under Information Security Early Warning Partnership.
CVSS Severity (What is CVSS?)

CVSS V3 Severity:
Base Metrics 7.8 (High) [IPA Score]
  • Attack Vector: Local
  • Attack Complexity: Low
  • Privileges Required: None
  • User Interaction: Required
  • Scope: Unchanged
  • Confidentiality Impact: High
  • Integrity Impact: High
  • Availability Impact: High
CVSS V2 Severity:
Base Metrics 6.8 (Medium) [IPA Score]
  • Access Vector: Network
  • Access Complexity: Medium
  • Authentication: None
  • Confidentiality Impact: Partial
  • Integrity Impact: Partial
  • Availability Impact: Partial
Affected Products


Sharp Corporation
  • RW-4040 Driver Installer for Windows 7 version 2.27A (RW4040V2.27_A_win7V.exe) and earlier

Impact

Arbitrary code may be executed with the privilege of the user invoking the installer.
Solution

[Use the latest installer]
Use the latest installer according to the information provided by the developer.
The following versions address the issue.

* RW-4040 driver installer for Windows 7 version 2.2.7.1 (RW40Inst.exe)

Users who already have installed the driver software do not need to re-install the software, because this issue affects the installers only.
Vendor Information

Sharp Corporation
CWE (What is CWE?)

  1. No Mapping(CWE-Other) [IPA Evaluation]
CVE (What is CVE?)

  1. CVE-2017-2189
References

  1. JVN : JVN#51274854
  2. JVN : JVNTA#91240916
  3. National Vulnerability Database (NVD) : CVE-2017-2189
Revision History

  • [2017/06/01]
      Web page was published
    [2017/08/23]
      Overview was modified
      Affected Products : Product version was modified
      Solution was modified
    [2018/01/24]
      References : Content was added