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[CVE-2016-0602, CVE-2016-0603] Executable installers are vulnerable^WEVIL (case 24): Oracle Java 6/7/8 SE and VirtualBox

Hi @ll, the installers or Oracle's Java 6/7/8 for Windows and VirtualBox for Windows load and execute several DLLs from their "application directory". * The online installer jxpiinstall.exe: UXTheme.dll and RASAdHlp.dll plus (on Windows XP) SetupAPI.dll, HNetCfg.dll and XPSP2Res.dll (on Windows Vista and above) ProfAPI.dll, Secur32.dll, NTMarta.dll and Version.dll * The offline installer jre-8u66-windows-i586.exe: UXTheme.dll, RASAdHlp.dll, NTMarta.dll, Secur32.dll, WinHTTP.dll, NetUtils.dll, ProfAPI.dll and WindowsCodecs.dll * VirtualBox-5.0.12-104815-Win.exe: UXTheme.dll, MSIHnd.dll and MSI.dll plus (on Windows XP) SFC_OS.dll, ClbCatQ.dll, XPSP2Res.dll, WS2_32.dll and WS2Help.dll (on Windows 7) PropSys.dll, ProfAPI.dll and DWMAPI.dll For software downloaded with a web browser the application directory is typically the user's "Downloads" directory: see <https://insights.sei.cmu.edu/cert/2008/09/carpet-bombing-and-directory-poisoning.html>, <http://blog.acrossecurity.com/2012/02/downloads-folder-binary-planting.html> and <http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2012/Aug/134> for "prior art" about this well-known and well-documented vulnerability. Oracle published an advisory and new installers for Java SE today: <http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/alert-cve-2016-0603-2874360.html> Oracle published updated versions of VirtualBox on 2019-01-19: <http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2016-2367955.html> stay tuned Stefan Kanthak _______________________________________________ Sent through the Full Disclosure mailing list https://nmap.org/mailman/listinfo/fulldisclosure Web Archives & RSS: http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/

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