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JVNDB-2018-000103

Music Center for PC improperly verifies software update files

Overview

Music Center for PC provided by Sony Video & Sound Products Inc. contains an issue in software update process (CWE-669). As a result, under a man-in-the-middle attack, a specially crafted executable file may be downloaded and executed.

DigiGnome 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 7.5 (High) [IPA Score]
  • Attack Vector: Network
  • Attack Complexity: High
  • Privileges Required: None
  • User Interaction: Required
  • Scope: Unchanged
  • Confidentiality Impact: High
  • Integrity Impact: High
  • Availability Impact: High
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


Sony Video & Sound Products Inc.
  • Music Center for PC version 1.0.02 and earlier

Impact

Under a man-in-the-middle attack, a specially crafted file may be downloaded and executed.
Solution

[Update the Software]
Update to the latest version using the latest installer directly downloaded from the developer's site, according to the information provided by the developer.
Vendor Information

Sony Video & Sound Products Inc.
CWE (What is CWE?)

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

  1. CVE-2018-0690
References

  1. JVN : JVN#36623716
  2. National Vulnerability Database (NVD) : CVE-2018-0690
Revision History

  • [2018/10/09]
      Web page was published
  • [2018/10/11]
      Solution was modified
  • [2019/07/26]
      References : Content was added

Date Public2018/10/09
Date First Published2018/10/09
Date Last Updated2019/07/26