7.6
HIGH
CVE-2017-7908
Gigasoft GE Communicator Unchecked ActiveX Control Heap Buffer Overflow
Description

A heap-based buffer overflow exists in the third-party product Gigasoft, v5 and prior, included in GE Communicator 3.15 and prior. A malicious HTML file that loads the ActiveX controls can trigger the vulnerability via unchecked function calls.

INFO

Published Date :

Oct. 2, 2018, 9:29 p.m.

Last Modified :

Oct. 9, 2019, 11:29 p.m.

Source :

[email protected]

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

4.7

Exploitability Score :

2.8
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2017-7908 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Gigasoft proessentials
1 Ge ge_communicator
: Total Affected Vendor : 2 | Products : 2
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2017-7908.

URL Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99580 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-18-275-02 Mitigation Third Party Advisory US Government Resource

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2017-7908 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 09, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CWE ICS-CERT CWE-122
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    May. 16, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:ge:communicator:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 3.15 OR *cpe:2.3:a:ge:ge_communicator:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 3.15
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Nov. 28, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 Metadata Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99580 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99580 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-18-275-02 No Types Assigned https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-18-275-02 Mitigation, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
    Added CWE CWE-119
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:gigasoft:proessentials:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 5
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:ge:communicator:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 3.15
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 03, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99580 [No Types Assigned]
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2017-7908 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2017-7908 weaknesses.

CAPEC-8: Buffer Overflow in an API Call Buffer Overflow in an API Call CAPEC-9: Buffer Overflow in Local Command-Line Utilities Buffer Overflow in Local Command-Line Utilities CAPEC-10: Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables CAPEC-14: Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow CAPEC-24: Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow CAPEC-42: MIME Conversion MIME Conversion CAPEC-44: Overflow Binary Resource File Overflow Binary Resource File CAPEC-45: Buffer Overflow via Symbolic Links Buffer Overflow via Symbolic Links CAPEC-46: Overflow Variables and Tags Overflow Variables and Tags CAPEC-47: Buffer Overflow via Parameter Expansion Buffer Overflow via Parameter Expansion CAPEC-100: Overflow Buffers Overflow Buffers CAPEC-123: Buffer Manipulation Buffer Manipulation CAPEC-92: Forced Integer Overflow Forced Integer Overflow
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.08 }} 0.00%

score

0.35406

percentile

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