Secunia Security Advisory - A vulnerability has been reported in IDAPython, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.
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TITLE:
IDAPython IDB File Parsing Insecure Script Loading Vulnerability
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA47295
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RELEASE DATE:
2011-12-22
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DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in IDAPython, which can be
exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.
The vulnerability is caused due to an error when handling IDB files
and can be exploited to execute arbitrary script with the user's
permissions as a Python file may be insecurely loaded from the
current directory when opening an IDB file.
The vulnerability is reported in versions 1.5.0 and 1.5.2. Other
versions may also be affected.
SOLUTION:
Update to IDA Pro 6.2 or install IDAPython version 1.5.2.3 or later.
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Haifei Li, Microsoft Malware Protection Center (MMPC).
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
Microsoft:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/msvr/msvr11-015
IDAPython:
http://code.google.com/p/idapython/source/detail?r=361
http://code.google.com/p/idapython/downloads/detail?name=idapython-1.5.2.3_ida6.1_py2.6_win32.zip&can=2&q=
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