full-disclosure - [FD] Evernote for Windows DLL Loading Remote Code Execution

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Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2016 12:08:47 +0530
From: Himanshu Mehta <mehta.himanshu21@...il.com>
To: fulldisclosure@...lists.org, vuln@...unia.com, bugs@...uritytracker.com, 
 submissions@...ketstormsecurity.org, CVE ID Requests <cve-assign@...re.org>,
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Cc: support-webform@...rnote.com
Subject: [FD] Evernote for Windows DLL Loading Remote Code Execution

Aloha,

Summary
Evernote contains a DLL hijacking vulnerability that could allow an
unauthenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the targeted
system. The vulnerability exists due to some DLL file is loaded by
'Evernote_6.1.2.2292.exe' improperly. And it allows an attacker to load
this DLL file of the attacker’s choosing that could execute arbitrary code
without the user's knowledge.

Affected Product:
Evernote 6.1.2.2292

Fixed in: Evernote for Windows 6.3 (WINNOTE-15637
<https://evernote.com/security/updates/>)

Tested on: Windows 7

Impact
Attacker can exploit this vulnerability to load a DLL file of the
attacker's choosing that could execute arbitrary code. This may help
attacker to Successful exploit the system if user creates shell as a DLL.

Vulnerability Scoring Details
The vulnerability classification has been performed by using the CVSSv2
scoring system (http://www.first.org/cvss/).
Base Score: 9.3 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

Proof of concept/demonstration:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

1. Create a malicious 'dwmapi.dll' or 'ntmarta.dll' file and save it in
your "Downloads" directory.

2. Download 'Evernote_6.1.2.2292.exe' from and save it in your "Downloads"
directory.

3. Execute .exe from your "Downloads" directory.

4. Malicious dll file gets executed.

Chao!!
Himanshu Mehta

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