CVE-2015-0884
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedUnquoted Windows search path vulnerability in Toshiba Bluetooth Stack for Windows before 9.10.32(T) and Service Station before 2.2.14 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse application with a name composed of an initial substring of a path that contains a space character.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceLocal privilege escalation vulnerability in Toshiba Bluetooth Stack and Service Station for Windows due to an unquoted service path containing spaces. When the service executable launches, Windows attempts to find and execute the first executable matching the path substring before the first space, allowing an attacker to place a malicious executable with a name like 'Program.exe' to achieve code execution with elevated privileges.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data= 9.10.27\(t\)<= 2.2.13CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- M
- Authentication
- None
- Confidentiality
- Complete
- Integrity
- Complete
- Availability
- Complete
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Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Check Toshiba Bluetooth Stack versionOpen Registry Editor and navigate to HKLM\SOFTWARE\Toshiba\BluetoothStack\Version, or check the file version of C:\Program Files\Toshiba\Bluetooth Stack\ToshibaBluetoothStack.exeAffected if Version equals 9.10.27(t)
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Check Toshiba Service Station versionOpen Registry Editor and navigate to HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Service Station or check the file version of C:\Program Files\Toshiba\Service Station\ServiceStation.exeAffected if Version is 2.2.13 or lower
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Identify Toshiba Bluetooth Stack serviceOpen Command Prompt and run: sc query type= service to list services, then find the Toshiba Bluetooth service name (typically 'Toshiba Bluetooth Stack' or similar), then run: sc qc "<service_name>" to view the binary pathAffected if The BINPATH displayed contains spaces and is not enclosed in quotation marks
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Identify Toshiba Service Station serviceRun: sc query type= service to find the Service Station service, then run: sc qc "<service_name>" to view the binary pathAffected if The BINPATH displayed contains spaces and is not enclosed in quotation marks
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Verify unquoted path exploitation scenarioIf an unquoted path contains spaces such as C:\Program Files\Toshiba\Bluetooth Stack\TOSDKBTV.exe, check if a malicious executable could be placed at an earlier path component like C:\Program.exeAffected if The service path has unquoted spaces and a writable location exists earlier in the path where an attacker could place a malicious executable
You are affected if either Toshiba Bluetooth Stack version 9.10.27(t) or Toshiba Service Station version 2.2.13 or lower is installed AND the corresponding service binary path contains unquoted spaces.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
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From vendor dataUpdate Toshiba Bluetooth Stack to version 9.10.32(T) or later and Service Station to version 2.2.14 or later to obtain patched binaries with properly quoted service paths.
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