=====[ Tempest Security Intelligence - ADV-12/2018 ]=== Handy Password 4.9.3 Buffer Overflow ------------------------------------------------------- Author(s): - Filipe Xavier Oliveira: filipe.xavier () tempest.com.br - Tempest Security Intelligence - Recife, Pernambuco - Brazil =====[ Table of Contents ]===================================================== * Overview * Detailed description * Aggravating factors * Timeline of disclosure * Thanks & Acknowledgements * References =====[ Overview ]============================================================== * System affected : Handy Password * Software Version : 4.9.3 Other versions or models may also be affected. * Impact : A user may be affected by opening a malicious database file, through a long "Title name" or remotely using the "Open from mail box" functionality. =====[ Detailed description ]================================================== A buffer overflow in Handy Password 4.9.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long "Title name" field in "mail box" data that is mishandled in an "Open from mail box" action. The following information regards the state of the CPU and stack at the moment of the crash: (488.9b8): Access violation - code c0000005 (!!! second chance !!!) eax=0014d078 ebx=41414141 ecx=41414141 edx=00000000 esi=0014d078 edi=00000000 eip=773870f4 esp=0014d014 ebp=0014d064 iopl=0 nv up ei pl nz na po nc cs=001b ss=0023 ds=0023 es=0023 fs=003b gs=0000 efl=00000202 FAULTING_IP: unknown!noop+0 41414141 ?? ??? EXCEPTION_RECORD: (.exr -1) ExceptionAddress: 41414141 ExceptionCode: c0000005 (Access violation) ExceptionFlags: 00000001 NumberParameters: 1 Parameter[0]: 00000008 =====[ Aggravating factors ]=================================================== It's possible to trigger the buffer overflow remotely if the user open a malicious data base file through the "Open from mail box" function. In this case an attacker can execute arbitrary code remotely. =====[ Timeline of disclosure ]=============================================== 10/19/2017 - Vulnerability reported. Vendor did not respond. 11/06/2017 - Tried to contact vendor again without success. 12/28/2017 - Advisory publication date. 12/28/2017 - CVE assigned [1] =====[ Thanks & Acknowledgements ]============================================ - Tempest Security Intelligence / Tempest's Pentest Team [2] - Breno Cunha < brenodario () gmail.com > - Henrique Arcoverde < henrique.arcoverde () tempest.com.br - Leandro Rocha <leandro.rocha () tempest.com.br> [3] - Carlos Cabral <carlos.cabral () tempest.com.br> [3] =====[ References ]=========================================================== [1] https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-17946 [2] https://www.tempest.com.br [3] https://sidechannel.tempestsi.com/password-manager-flaw-allows-for-arbitrary-command-execution-b6bb273206b1