SYMSA-2007-003 Macrovision InstallAnywhere Password and Serial Number Bypass

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Advisory ID: SYMSA-2007-003
Advisory Title: Macrovision InstallAnywhere Password and Serial
Number Bypass
Author: Brian Reilly / [email protected]
Release Date: 28-02-2007
Application: Macrovision InstallAnywhere Enterprise
(all versions)
Platform: All
Severity: Local Authorization Bypass
Vendor status: Verified by vendor
CVE Number: CVE-2007-1009
Reference: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22643

Overview:

    Macrovision’s InstallAnywhere (acquired from Zero G Software in
    June 2005) is a program to build multiplatform installers, and is
    frequently used to distribute web services and J2EE applications.
    InstallAnywhere Enterprise offers the ability to require a serial
    number and/or a password as a   prerequisite to installing an
    application.  However, it is possible to modify specific
    configuration files included in an InstallAnywhere package to
    circumvent these controls

Details:

    InstallAnywhere packages include an XML project configuration file
    named   InstallScript.iap_xml.  This file controls the behavior of
    the     installation process, including verification of a password
    and/or serial   number (if applicable).

    Upon starting an installer, a directory is created in temporary
    disk space.  This directory contains multiple files, including a
    ZIP archive     that contains the XML project file.  A LaunchAnywhere
    executable is also created during the installation process and is
    used to launch the actual       Java application installer.
    It is possible to bypass serial number and password controls by
    creating a copy of this temporary directory, extracting a copy of
    the XML project file from the ZIP archive, deleting the relevant
    serial number or password       verification sections from the XML
    project file, replacing the modifiedXML project file in the ZIP
    archive, and then manually starting the installation process via
    the included LaunchAnywhere executable.

Vendor Response:

    Macrovision has confirmed the reports provided by Symantec and
    updated InstallAnywhere to resolve the issue.  Current
    InstallAnywhere customers will be encouraged to install version
    8.0.1 as soon as it becomes available (estimated mid April).
    More information regarding this version will be posted in the
    release notes.

    Macrovision will advise all users of InstallAnywhere to upgrade
    to 8.0.1 as soon as it becomes available.  Registered users of the
    software will be electronically notified of the availability of
    the release and directed to the necessary files. 

Recommendation:
Developers should securely implement their own application-level
controls as needed, independent of the InstallAnywhere installer.

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) Information:

The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) project has assigned
the following names to these issues. These are candidates for
inclusion in the CVE list (http://cve.mitre.org), which standardizes
names for security problems.

CVE-2007-1009

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