[Japanese]

JVNDB-2018-000025

The installer of PhishWall Client Firefox and Chrome edition for Windows may insecurely load Dynamic Link Libraries

Overview

PhishWall Client Firefox and Chrome edition for Windows provided by SecureBrain Corporation is an anti-phishing and anti-MITB software. The installer of PhishWall Client Firefox and Chrome edition for Windows contains an issue with the DLL search path, which may lead to insecurely loading Dynamic Link Libraries (CWE-427).

Eiji James Yoshida of Security Professionals Network Inc. and Yuto Iso of NTT Security (Japan) KK 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


SecureBrain Corporation
  • The Installer of PhishWall Client Firefox and Chrome edition for Windows, Ver. 5.1.26 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.
According to the developer, users of Windows 7 must first apply Windows 7 security patch (KB2533623), and then use the latest installer to install the software.
Users who already have installed PhishWall Client Firefox and Chrome edition for Windows, do not need to re-install the application, because this issue affects the installer only.
Vendor Information

SecureBrain Corporation
CWE (What is CWE?)

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

  1. CVE-2018-0552
References

  1. JVN : JVN#39896275
  2. JVN : JVNTA#91240916
  3. National Vulnerability Database (NVD) : CVE-2018-0552
Revision History

  • [2018/03/15]
      Web page was published
  • [2018/06/14]
      References : Content was added

Date Public2018/03/15
Date First Published2018/03/15
Date Last Updated2018/06/14