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JVNDB-2010-000048

Sleipnir and Grani may insecurely load executable files

Overview

Sleipnir and Grani may use unsafe methods for determining how to load executables (.exe).

Sleipnir and Grani provided by Fenrir are web browsers. Sleipnir and Grani load certain executables when displaying the source code of the HTML file currently being viewed. Sleipnir and Grani contain an issue with the file search path, which may insecurely load executables.

Makoto Shiotsuki reported this vulnerability to IPA.
JPCERT/CC coordinated with the developer under Information Security Early Warning Partnership.
CVSS Severity (What is CVSS?)

CVSS V2 Severity:
Base Metrics 5.1 (Medium) [IPA Score]
  • Access Vector: Network
  • Access Complexity: High
  • Authentication: None
  • Confidentiality Impact: Partial
  • Integrity Impact: Partial
  • Availability Impact: Partial
Affected Products


Fenrir Inc.
  • Grani 4.3 and earlier
  • Sleipnir 2.9.4 and earlier

Impact

An attacker may execute arbitrary code with the privilege of running the application.
Solution

[Update the Software]
Update to the latest version according to the information provided by the developer.
Vendor Information

Fenrir Inc.
CWE (What is CWE?)

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

  1. CVE-2010-3164
References

  1. JVN : JVN#89272705
  2. JVN Status Tracking Notes : JVNTR-2010-23
  3. National Vulnerability Database (NVD) : CVE-2010-3164
  4. US-CERT Technical Cyber Security Alert : TA10-238A
Revision History

  • [2010/10/25]
      Web page published