JVNDB-2017-000101

Installers of the screensavers provided by JAPAN AIR SELF DEFENSE FORCE, MINISTRY OF DEFENSE may insecurely load Dynamic Link Libraries

Installers of the screensavers provided by JAPAN AIR SELF DEFENSE FORCE, MINISTRY OF DEFENSE contain an issue with the DLL search path, which may lead to insecurely loading Dynamic Link Libraries.

Eili Masami of Tachibana Lab. reported this vulnerability to IPA.
JPCERT/CC coordinated with the developer under Information Security Early Warning Partnership.

Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF)

• Screensaver

Following installers of the screensavers provided by JAPAN AIR SELF DEFENSE FORCE, MINISTRY OF DEFENSE are affected by this vulnerability:

* clock_01_setup.exe
* clock_02_setup.exe
* jasdf_01.exe
* jasdf_02.exe
* jasdf_03.exe
* jasdf_04.exe
* jasdf_05.exe
* scramble_setup.exe

This vulnerability can be exploited when the following condition is met. If this vulnerability is exploited, arbitrary code may be executed with the privilege of the user invoking the installer.

* A user is tricked into placing a malicious DLL file prepared by an attacker in a specific folder.

[Do not install the screensavers]
The screensavers are no longer being developed or maintained. It is recommended not to install the screensavers.
Users who have already installed the screensavers are not affected by this vulnerability.

Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF)

• JASDF : DLL loading vulnerability in the screensaver installers (in Japanese)

1. No Mapping(CWE-Other) [IPA Evaluation]

1. CVE-2017-2176

1. JVN : JVN#41185163
2. National Vulnerability Database (NVD) : CVE-2017-2176

• [2017/05/25]
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