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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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