PowerArchiver paiso.dll ISO Image Handling Buffer Overflow

high Nessus Plugin ID 23976

Synopsis

The remote Windows host contains a utility that is affected by a buffer overflow vulnerability.

Description

The remote host contains PowerArchiver, a file compression utility for Windows.

The version of PowerArchiver installed on the remote host has a buffer overflow in the 'paiso.dll' library file that can be triggered when processing the full pathname of a file within an ISO image. If an attacker can trick a user on the affected host into opening a specially crafted ISO image file, he can leverage this issue to execute arbitrary code on the host subject to the user's privileges.

Solution

Upgrade to PowerArchiver 9.64.03 or later.

See Also

http://vuln.sg/powarc964-en.html

https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2007/Jan/101

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 23976

File Name: powerarchiver_paiso_overflow.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 1/5/2007

Updated: 11/15/2018

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 6.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:powerarchiver:powerarchiver

Required KB Items: SMB/PowerArchiver/Installed

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/4/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-0097

BID: 21867