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BlackBerry Enterprise Server < 4.1.6 PDF Processing Arbitrary Code Execution

medium Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 4590

Synopsis

The remote Windows host has an application that is affected by a code execution vulnerability

Description

The version of BlackBerry Enterprise Server on the remote host reportedly contains a vulnerability in the PDF distiller component of the BlackBerry Attachment Service. A remote attacker may be able to leverage this issue to execute arbitrary code on the affected host subject to the privileges under which the application runs, generally 'Administrator', by sending an email message with a specially crafted PDF file and having that opened for viewing on a BlackBerry smartphone.

Solution

Either upgrade to BlackBerry Enterprise Server software version 4.1 Service Pack 6 (4.1.6), apply an appropriate interim security software update, or prevent the BlackBerry Attachment Service from processing PDF files.

See Also

http://www.blackberry.com/btsc/viewContent.do?externalId=KB15766

http://www.blackberry.com/btsc/viewContent.do?externalId=KB15770

http://www.blackberry.com/btsc/dynamickc.do?externalId=KB15766&sliceId=SAL_Public&command=show&forward=nonthreadedKC&kcId=KB15766

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 4590

Family: Web Servers

Published: 8/18/2004

Updated: 3/6/2019

Nessus ID: 33550

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.6

Temporal Score: 4.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-3246

BID: 30188