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CVE-2019-1144
published 2019-08-14

CVE-2019-1144: A remote code execution vulnerability exists when the Windows font library improperly handles specially crafted embedded fonts. An attacker who successfully…

PriorityP267high8.8CVSS 3.1
AVNACLPRNUIRSUCHIHAH
EXPLOIT
EPSS
13.05%
95.9th percentile
A remote code execution vulnerability exists when the Windows font library improperly handles specially crafted embedded fonts. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could take control of the affected system. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights. Users whose accounts are configured to have fewer user rights on the system could be less impacted than users who operate with administrative user rights. There are multiple ways an attacker could exploit the vulnerability: In a web-based attack scenario, an attacker could host a specially crafted website that is designed to exploit the vulnerability and then convince users to view the website. An attacker would have no way to force users to view the attacker-controlled content. Instead, an attacker would have to convince users to take action, typically by getting them to click a link in an email or instant message that takes users to the attacker's website, or by opening an attachment sent through email. In a file-sharing attack scenario, an attacker could provide a specially crafted document file designed to exploit the vulnerability and then convince users to open the document file. The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how the Windows font library handles embedded fonts.

Affected

47 ranges· showing 25
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
microsoftwindows_10
microsoftwindows_10
microsoftwindows_10
microsoftwindows_10
microsoftwindows_10
microsoftwindows_10
microsoftwindows_10_version_1507>= 10.0.0 < publicationpublication
microsoftwindows_10_version_1607>= 10.0.0 < publicationpublication
microsoftwindows_10_version_1703>= 10.0.0 < publicationpublication
microsoftwindows_10_version_1709>= 10.0.0 < publicationpublication
microsoftwindows_10_version_1709_for_32-bit_systems>= 10.0.0 < publicationpublication
microsoftwindows_10_version_1803>= 10.0.0 < publicationpublication
microsoftwindows_10_version_1809>= 10.0.0 < publicationpublication
microsoftwindows_10_version_1903_for_32-bit_systems>= 10.0.0 < publicationpublication
microsoftwindows_10_version_1903_for_arm64-based_systems>= 10.0.0 < publicationpublication
microsoftwindows_10_version_1903_for_x64-based_systems>= 10.0.0 < publicationpublication
microsoftwindows_7>= 6.1.0 < publicationpublication
microsoftwindows_7_service_pack_1>= 6.1.0 < publicationpublication
microsoftwindows_8.1>= 6.3.0 < publicationpublication
microsoftwindows_server_2008
microsoftwindows_server_2008_r2_service_pack_1>= 6.0.0 < publicationpublication
microsoftwindows_server_2008_r2_service_pack_1>= 6.1.0 < publicationpublication
microsoftwindows_server_2008_r2_systems_service_pack_1>= 6.1.0 < publicationpublication
microsoftwindows_server_2008_service_pack_2>= 6.0.0 < publicationpublication
microsoftwindows_server_2012

Detection & IOCsextracted from sources · hover to see the quote

pathfontsub.dll
patht2embed.dll
urlhttps://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb-bin-sploits/-/raw/main/bin-sploits/47263.zip
  • Monitor for double-free heap corruption originating from FONTSUB!MergeFormat12Cmap or FONTSUB!MakeFormat12MergedGlyphList — a malformed TTF font file triggers a double-free in these functions when processed by fontsub.dll
  • Alert on heap corruption verifier stops (VERIFIER STOP 0x7: Heap block already freed) in processes that load fontsub.dll or t2embed.dll, especially when processing document files or web content with embedded fonts
  • Inspect documents and web pages delivering specially crafted embedded TTF fonts; exploitation paths include both web-based delivery (malicious website) and file-sharing (malicious document attachment)
  • ·The double-free is easiest to reproduce with PageHeap enabled; crashes may be less consistent or manifest differently on default system configurations without Application Verifier
  • ·The vulnerability was confirmed on fully updated Windows 10 1709; behavior on earlier Windows versions was not tested by the researcher

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.18.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvdv2.09.3CRITICALAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
vendor_msrc8.8HIGH
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