Buffer Overflow in Antenna House DMC HTMLFilter (CVE-2017-2783)
Summary
Vulnerability in Antenna House DMC HTMLFilter (CVE-2017-2783). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
An exploitable heap corruption vulnerability exists in the FillRowFormat functionality of Antenna House DMC HTMLFilter that is shipped with MarkLogic 8.0-6. A specially crafted xls file can cause a heap corruption resulting in arbitrary code execution. An attacker can send/provide malicious xls file to trigger this vulnerability.
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2017-2783 has been found in Antenna House DMC HTMLFilter.
Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover. CVSS score: 8.3/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Antenna House DMC HTMLFilter CVE-2017-2783" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2017-2783 (Antenna House DMC HTMLFilter) — CWE-119 / CVSS v3 8.3
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / unauthenticated
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
A vulnerability (CWE-119) exists in Antenna House DMC HTMLFilter.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Antenna House DMC HTMLFilter.
Severity: High (CVSS 8.3/10). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Audit SBOM/dependencies to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
Audit SBOM/dependencies for affected components.資産台帳・SBOM・依存マニフェストで Antenna House DMC HTMLFilter を使っているサービスとバージョンを洗い出す。
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2Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
References
- exploit talosintelligence.com