CA eTrust PestPatrol 5.6.7.9 ActiveX Control ppctl.dll memory corruption
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A vulnerability was found in CA eTrust PestPatrol 5.6.7.9. It has been rated as very critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block in the library ppctl.dll of the component ActiveX Control. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:
Stack-based buffer overflow in the PestPatrol ActiveX control (ppctl.dll) 5.6.7.9 in CA eTrust PestPatrol allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long argument to the Initialize method.
The weakness was released 12/08/2009 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2009-4225 since 12/08/2009. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 03/12/2017).
A public exploit has been developed in Ruby. The exploit is available at securityfocus.com. It is declared as highly functional. As 0-day the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k.
There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 9804.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (54458).
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Class: Memory corruptionCWE: CWE-119
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Status: Highly functional
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OpenVAS ID: 801098
OpenVAS Name: CA eTrust PestPatrol Anti-Spyware ppctl.dll ActiveX Control BOF Vulnerability
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MetaSploit ID: etrust_pestscan.rb
MetaSploit Name: CA eTrust PestPatrol ActiveX Control Buffer Overflow
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Timeline
06/05/2007 🔍06/05/2007 🔍
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03/18/2015 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: ca.comAdvisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Status: Not defined
CVE: CVE-2009-4225 (🔍)
X-Force: 54458
Vulnerability Center: 28803 - PestPatrol ActiveX control Remote Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability via a Long Argument, Medium
SecurityFocus: 37133 - CA eTrust PestPatrol Anti-Spyware 'ppctl.dl' ActiveX Control Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
Entry
Created: 03/18/2015 15:15Updated: 03/12/2017 08:47
Changes: 03/18/2015 15:15 (57), 03/12/2017 08:47 (13)
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