SupportSoft memory corruption

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A vulnerability was found in SupportSoft (affected version unknown) and classified as very critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality. 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.

The weakness was released 02/22/2007 by Peter Vreugdenhil (iDefense) with iDEFENSE (Website). The advisory is available at symantec.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2006-6490 since 12/12/2006. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 01/18/2025).

It is declared as proof-of-concept.

A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Attack attempts may be identified with Snort ID 10390.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (32636), SecurityFocus (BID 22564†), OSVDB (33482†), Secunia (SA24246†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1017688†). Entry connected to this vulnerability is available at VDB-35144. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 10.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 9.4

VulDB Base Score: 10.0
VulDB Temp Score: 9.4
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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Saint ID: supportsoft_activex
Saint Name: SupportSoft tgctlsi.dll ActiveX control buffer overflow

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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Snort ID: 10390

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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: symantec.com
Researcher: Peter Vreugdenhil (iDefense)
Organization: iDEFENSE
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2006-6490 (🔍)
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X-Force: 32636
SecurityFocus: 22564 - SupportSoft ActiveX Controls Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 24246 - Symantec Multiple Products SupportSoft ActiveX Controls Buffer Overflow, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 33482 - SupportSoft ScriptRunner (tgctlsr.dll) ActiveX Overflow
SecurityTracker: 1017688
Vupen: ADV-2007-0703

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Entryinfo

Created: 05/08/2016 09:44 PM
Updated: 01/18/2025 05:14 PM
Changes: 05/08/2016 09:44 PM (56), 12/28/2018 11:03 AM (13), 08/09/2022 11:01 AM (2), 01/18/2025 05:14 PM (15)
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