Zero-day vulnerability in QVOD Player

Heap-based buffer overflow
CVE-2008-4664

The QVOD Player exploit was used against visitors during the CA.com website hack. Hackers were able to redirect users to uc8010.com domain. The incident became known on January 5, 2008.

Vulnerability details

Advisory: SB2008010501 - Remote code execution in QVOD Technology QVOD Player

Vulnerable component: QVOD Player

CVE-ID: CVE-2008-4664

CVSSv3 score: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:F/RL:O/RC:C

CWE-ID: CWE-119 - Memory corruption

Description:

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The weakness exists due to heap-based buffer overflow in QVOD Player ActiveX control (QvodInsert.dll). A remote attacker can create a specially crafted Web page, trick the victim into visiting it, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code on the target system with privileges of the current user.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in arbitrary code execution on the vulnerable system.

Note: the vulnerability was being actively exploited.

Public Exploits:

- Qvod Player 2.1.5 - 'QvodInsert.dll' ActiveX Control Remote Buffer Overflow [Exploit-DB]

External links:

http://explabs.blogspot.cz/2008/01/pigs-fly-oh-and-another-0-day-ho-hum.html
http://www.pcworld.com/article/141048/article.html

About zero-day vulnerabilities

Zero-day vulnerability is an undisclosed vulnerability in software that hackers can exploit to compromise computer programs, gain unauthorized access to sensitive data, penetrate networks, etc. We consider vulnerability a zero-day when there is no solution provided from software vendor and the vulnerability is being actively exploited by malicious actors.

Zero-day candidate is a potential zero-day vulnerability in software which might have been used in targeted attacks, however there is no evidence to support this suggestion.