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Secunia Research 30/04/2010
- Internet Download Manager FTP Buffer Overflow Vulnerability -
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Table of Contents
Affected Software....................................................1
Severity.............................................................2
Vendor's Description of Software.....................................3
Description of Vulnerability.........................................4
Solution.............................................................5
Time Table...........................................................6
Credits..............................................................7
References...........................................................8
About Secunia........................................................9
Verification........................................................10
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1) Affected Software
* Internet Download Manager version 5.18
NOTE: Other versions may also be affected.
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2) Severity
Rating: Highly critical
Impact: System access
Where: Remote
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3) Vendor's Description of Software
"Internet Download Manager (IDM) is a tool to increase download speeds
by up to 5 times, resume and schedule downloads. Comprehensive error
recovery and resume capability will restart broken or interrupted
downloads due to lost connections, network problems, computer
shutdowns, or unexpected power outages.".
Product Link:
http://www.internetdownloadmanager.com/
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4) Description of Vulnerability
Secunia Research has discovered a vulnerability in Internet Download
Manager, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a
user's system.
The vulnerability is caused by a boundary error when sending certain
test sequences to an FTP server. This can be exploited to cause a
stack-based buffer overflow by e.g. tricking a user into downloading
a file from a specially crafted FTP URI.
Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code.
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5) Solution
Update to version 5.19.
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6) Time Table
16/04/2010 - Vendor notified.
22/04/2010 - Vendor response.
27/04/2010 - Vendor releases fixed version.
30/04/2010 - Public disclosure.
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7) Credits
Discovered by Stefan Cornelius, Secunia Research.
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8) References
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) project has assigned
CVE-2010-0995 for the vulnerability.
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10) Verification
Please verify this advisory by visiting the Secunia website:
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2010-62/
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