Multiple NULL Pointer Dereference Vulnerabilities in Corel Quattro Pro X6

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Advisory ID: HTB23112
Product: Corel Quattro Pro X6 Standard Edition
Vendor: Corel Corporation
Vulnerable Version(s): 16.0.0.388, other versions may be also affected
Tested Version: 16.0.0.388 on Windows 7 SP1 32 bits
Vendor Notification: August 27, 2012 
Public Disclosure: March 7, 2013 
Vulnerability Type: NULL Pointer Dereference [CWE-476]
CVE Reference: CVE-2012-4728
Risk Level: Low 
CVSSv2 Base Score: 2.6 (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Discovered and Provided: High-Tech Bridge Security Research Lab ( 
https://www.htbridge.com/advisory/ ) 

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Advisory Details:

High-Tech Bridge Security Research Lab discovered two null pointer dereference 
vulnerabilities in Corel Quattro Pro. Opening of a malicious QPW (Quattro Pro 
Spreadsheet) document causes immediate application crash, resulting in a loss 
of all unsaved current application data of the user.


1) Multiple Null Pointer Dereference vulnerabilities in Corel Quattro Pro X6: 
CVE-2012-4728

1.1 The first crash occurs in the QPW160.dll module at the 
QProGetNotebookWindowHandle function when the application tries to move a value 
to a corrupted pointer. Due to the malformed QPW file the EDX register will 
contain a null value. This destination pointer used to store the value of the 
AX register will be therefore invalid, which causes the application to crash 
instantly.

Crash details:

eax=04b11e00 ebx=00007020 ecx=000000f5 edx=00000000 esi=00000000 edi=04b10048
eip=202e5925 esp=0012d9b0 ebp=0012e8e8 iopl=0         nv up ei pl zr na pe nc
cs=001b  ss=0023  ds=0023  es=0023  fs=003b  gs=0000             efl=00010246

QPW160!QProGetNotebookWindowHandle+0x23cb85:
202e5925 6689048a        mov     word ptr [edx+ecx*4],ax  ds:0023:000003d4=????



1.2 The second crash occurs in the QPW160.dll module at the Ordinal132 function 
when the application tries to copy a buffer from ESI to EDI. Due to the 
abnormal QPW file the EDI register is not properly initialized, which causes 
the dereference of the EDI pointer to a null value. After this, the code is not 
able to catch the issue due to a lack of exception handling, forcing the 
application to crash immediately.

Crash details:

eax=00000000 ebx=00000000 ecx=00000002 edx=00000000 esi=04ca6c40 edi=00000000
eip=20005a7d esp=0012d97c ebp=0012d988 iopl=0         nv up ei pl nz ac po cy
cs=001b  ss=0023  ds=0023  es=0023  fs=003b  gs=0000             efl=00010213

QPW160!Ordinal132+0x5a7d: 20005a7d f3a5            rep movs dword ptr 
es:[edi],dword ptr [esi]



In order to exploit these vulnerabilities remotely, the attacker has to send a 
malicious file to the victim by email. In a web-based scenario, the attacker 
can host a malicious file on a website or WebDav share and trick the victim to 
download and open the file. 

As a PoC (Proof of Concept) two files "1.qpw" and "2.qpw" are <a 
href="https://www.htbridge.com/advisory/HTB23112-PoC.rar";>provided</a>, which 
cause immediate application crash. Password for archive: ph77=!3=L

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Solution:

Currently we are not aware of any solutions from the Vendor.

Disclosure Timeline:
2012-08-27: Vendor Notified.
2012-09-10: Request for security fix date.
2012-09-27: Vendor says that the "vulnerabilities will be fixed with the next 
Service Pack".
2012-10-16: Vendor re-requested to provide a date of security fix.
2012-11-20: WordPerfect Office X6 Service Pack 2 release, vulnerability is not 
fixed.
2012-11-26: Vendor re-requested to provide a date of security fix.
2013-02-04: WordPerfect Office X6 Hot Patch 1 release, vulnerability is not 
fixed.
2013-02-26: Vendor re-requested to provide a date of security fix.
2013-03-07: Public Disclosure [<a 
href="https://www.htbridge.com/advisory/disclosure_policy.html";>Disclosure 
Policy</a>].



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References:

[1] High-Tech Bridge Advisory HTB23112 - 
https://www.htbridge.com/advisory/HTB23112 - Multiple NULL Pointer Dereference 
Vulnerabilities in Corel Quattro Pro X6.
[2] Corel Corporation - http://www.corel.com - Quattro Pro is a spreadsheet 
processing application of Corel's WordPerfect Office suite.
[3] Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) - http://cve.mitre.org/ - 
international in scope and free for public use, CVE® is a dictionary of 
publicly known information security vulnerabilities and exposures.
[4] Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) - http://cwe.mitre.org - targeted to 
developers and security practitioners, CWE is a formal list of software 
weakness types. 

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