[NEWS] LG U8120 Mobile Phone DoS

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Date: 04/17/05

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      LG U8120 Mobile Phone DoS
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    SUMMARY

    A vulnerability in
    <http://www.lge.com/catalog/prodmodeldetail?actType=search&page=1&modelCategoryId=CTG1000540&categoryId=CTG1000538&parentId=CTG1000441&modelPrefix=400000&globalCode=U8120&globalSuffix=000000&unit=NOTHING&model=NOTHING> LG U8120 Mobile Phone allows an attacker to crash the phone by sending it a specially crafted MIDI file. Playing the malicious MIDI will cause the LG U8120 mobile phone to crash.

    DETAILS

    Vulnerable Systems:
     * LG U8120 (other LG phones maybe vulnerable)

    Exploit:
    A MIDI file that triggers the vulnerability can be found at:
    <http://www.lucaercoli.it/LG/lgfreeze.mid>
    http://www.lucaercoli.it/LG/lgfreeze.mid

    In order to exploit the vulnerability, an attacker must send the midi file
    via mms to vulnerable device.

    To perform the attack from LG U8120:
    (WARNING: DOING THIS OPERATIONS YOU CAN BLOCK YOUR DEVICE! TO RESET IT USE
    THIS CODE: 277634#*#)
    1) Save a mms draft with a dummy midi file
    2) Connect mobile phone to PC and overwrite the dummy file with
    'lgfreeze.mid'.
    3) Send the mms draft.

    ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

    The information has been provided by <mailto:io@lucaercoli.it> Luca
    Ercoli.
    The original article can be found at:
    <http://www.lucaercoli.it/advs/LGU8120.txt>
    http://www.lucaercoli.it/advs/LGU8120.txt

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