Core Security Technologies Advisory 2009.0912

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Blender .blend Project Arbitrary Command Execution  
  
  
  
1. *Advisory Information*  
  
Title: Blender .blend Project Arbitrary Command Execution  
Advisory Id: CORE-2009-0912  
Advisory URL:  
http://www.coresecurity.com/content/blender-scripting-injection  
Date published: 2009-11-05  
Date of last update: 2009-11-04  
Vendors contacted: Blender Foundation  
Release mode: User release  
  
  
  
2. *Vulnerability Information*  
  
Class: Failure to Sanitize Data into a Different Plane [CWE-74]  
Impact: Code execution  
Remotely Exploitable: Yes (client side)  
Locally Exploitable: No  
Bugtraq ID: 36838  
CVE Name: CVE-2009-3850  
  
  
  
3. *Vulnerability Description*  
  
Blender [2] is a 3D graphics application released as free software. It  
can be used for modeling, texturing, rendering, particle, and other  
simulations and creating interactive 3D applications, including games.  
  
Blender embeds a python interpreter to extend its functionality.  
Blender .blend project files can be modified to execute arbitrary  
commands without user intervention by design. An attacker can take  
full control of the machine where Blender is installed by sending a  
specially crafted .blend file and enticing the user to open it.  
  
  
4. *Vulnerable packages*  
  
. Blender 2.49b  
. Blender 2.40  
. Blender 2.35a  
. Blender 2.34  
. Older versions are probably affected too, but they were not checked.  
  
  
5. *Vendor Information, Solutions and Workarounds*  
  
The vendor did not provide fixes or workaround information.  
  
To determine if a .blend file is suspicious you could parse the  
content of the file [3] searching for a SDNA [4] of type ScriptLink  
[5] with python code bound to an "onLoad" action.  
  
  
6. *Credits*  
  
This vulnerability was discovered and researched by Diego Juarez and  
Sebastian Tello from Core Security Technologies during Bugweek 2009 [1].  
  
The publication of this advisory was coordinated by Fernando Russ from  
Core Security Advisories Team.  
  
  
7. *Technical Description / Proof of Concept Code*  
  
Blender [2] .blend project files can be modified to execute arbitrary  
commands without user intervention by design. An attacker can take  
full control of the machine where Blender is installed sending a  
specially crafted .blend file and enticing the user to open it.  
  
These are the steps to reproduce the issue:  
  
. Open the "Text Editor" Panel.  
. Right click on the canvas and select "New".  
. Write your python code there. For instance:  
  
/-----  
import os  
os.system("calc.exe")  
- -----/  
  
. In the text name field (TX:Text.001) input a name for your  
script, e.g.: TX:myscript.  
. Open the "Buttons Window" panel.  
. From the "panel" dropdown choose "Script".  
. Check that "enable script links" is active.  
. Click on "new".  
. Select the script you created (e.g. myscript).  
. Choose "OnLoad" from the event dropdown list.  
. In the "User Preferences" panel, select File->Save, and save your  
project.  
  
  
8. *Report Timeline*  
  
. 2009-10-19:  
Core Security Technologies notifies to the Blender foundation of the  
vulnerabilty and announces its initial plan to publish this advisory  
on October 30th, 2009.  
  
. 2009-10-20:  
The Blender foundation answers that "We are a free software project,  
all issues are openly discussed. Just post the discoveries you made  
for everyone to look at."  
  
. 2009-10-27:  
Core sends a draft advisory to the Blender Foundation for this flaw.  
Core also reminds the vendor its intention to publish the content on  
October 30th, 2009.  
  
. 2009-10-27:  
BID 36838 was assigned to this issue  
  
. 2009-11-03:  
CVE 2009-3850 was assigned to this issue  
  
. 2009-11-03:  
The Blender Foundation didn't acknowledge or answer our comunications  
anymore.  
  
. 2009-11-05:  
The advisory CORE-2009-0912 is published.  
  
  
  
9. *References*  
  
[1] The author participated in Core Bugweek 2009 as member of the team  
"Gimbal Lock N Load".  
[2] http://www.blender.org/  
[3] http://www.atmind.nl/blender/mystery_ot_blend.html  
[4] http://www.atmind.nl/blender/blender-sdna.html  
[5] http://www.atmind.nl/blender/blender-sdna.html#struct:ScriptLink  
  
  
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11. *About Core Security Technologies*  
  
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12. *Disclaimer*  
  
The contents of this advisory are copyright (c) 2009 Core Security  
Technologies and (c) 2009 CoreLabs, and may be distributed freely  
provided that no fee is charged for this distribution and proper  
credit is given.  
  
  
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