CVE-2007-6189

Public exploit code

Working exploit or proof of concept code has been published for this vulnerability. Treat unpatched systems as at risk.

• BitDefender Online Scanner 8 - ActiveX Heap Overflow2007-11-27 · remote · windows · Verified

Impact

A certain ActiveX control in (1) OScan8.ocx and (2) Oscan81.ocx in BitDefender Online Anti-Virus Scanner 8.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long argument to the InitX method that begins with a "%%" sequence, which is misinterpreted as a Unicode string and decoded twice, leading to improper memory allocation and a heap-based buffer overflow.

Affected products

Weakness classification

References

• NVD record
• CVE.org record
• http://research.eeye.com/html/advisories/published/AD20071120.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/27717
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3405
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1018986
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483986/100/100/threaded
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3935
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4663
• http://research.eeye.com/html/advisories/published/AD20071120.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/27717
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3405
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1018986
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483986/100/100/threaded
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3935
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4663