[Bkis-10-2009] Photo DVD Maker Professional Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Title : Photo DVD Maker Professional Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

1. General Information

Photo DVD Maker Professional is a tool allows you to create entertaining
photo slideshows with many file formats supported. Bkis has just
detected a vulnerability in the software related to the processing of
Photo DVD Maker Professional project files (“.pdm”). This vulnerability
permits hackers to execute malicious code on users’ systems.

Details : http://blog.bkis.com/?p=713
Bkis Advisory : Bkis-10-2009
Initial vendor notification : 12/06/2009
Release Date : 06/07/2009
Update Date : 06/07/2009
Discovered by : Le Duc Anh - Bkis
Attack Type : Buffer Overflow
Security Rating : High
Impact : Code Execution
Affected Software : Photo DVD Maker Professional version <= 8.02 (Prior
versions may also be affected).
PoC : http://blog.bkis.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/photodvdmaker_poc.pdm

2. Technical Description

PDM files are used to store essential information about a Photo DVD
Maker Professional Project (in XML format). The software performs
inadequate check for the length of a File_Name tag. This results in a
critical buffer overflow error when set with an overly long value.

In order to exploit, a hacker might create a specially crafted “.pdm”
file and trick users into using it. If successful, hackers can perform
local attack, inject viruses, steal sensitive information and even take
control of the victim’s system.

3. Solution

Rating this vulnerability high severity and due to the fact that the
vendor hasn’t released any patch against this vulnerability, Bkis
recommends that users should not open any untrusted PDM file.