Vulnerability CVE-2007-4037
Published: 2007-07-27   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
** DISPUTED ** Guidance Software EnCase allows user-assisted attackers to trigger a buffer over-read and application crash via a malformed NTFS filesystem containing a modified FILE record with a certain large offset. NOTE: the vendor disputes the significance of this issue, asserting that relevant attackers typically do not corrupt a filesystem, and indicating that the relevant read operation can be disabled.

Type:

CWE-119

 (Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4.3/10
2.9/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
None
Partial
Affected software
Guidance software -> Encase 

 References:
http://www.blackhat.com/html/bh-usa-07/bh-usa-07-speakers.html#Palmer
http://www.isecpartners.com/files/iSEC-Breaking_Forensics_Software-Paper.v1_1.BH2007.pdf
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/474727/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/474750/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/474809/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/475335/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25100
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