Softwin Bitdefender ActiveX Control bitdefender.cab RequestFile memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in Softwin Bitdefender. This impacts the function RequestFile of the file bitdefender.cab of the component ActiveX Control. Executing a manipulation can lead to memory corruption. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2004-1947. In addition, an exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Softwin Bitdefender (affected version unknown). It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects the function RequestFile of the file bitdefender.cab of the component ActiveX Control. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

The AVXSCANONLINE.AvxScanOnlineCtrl.1 ActiveX control in BitDefender Scan Online allows remote attackers to (1) obtain sensitive information such as system drives and contents or (2) use the RequestFile method to download and execute arbitrary code via an object codebase that uses bitdefender.cab.

The weakness was presented 04/20/2004 by Rafel Ivgi (Website). The advisory is available at marc.theaimsgroup.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2004-1947 since 05/04/2005. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Technical details and also a public exploit are known.

After before and not just, there has been an exploit disclosed. It is possible to download the exploit at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (15911), Exploit-DB (24024), SecurityFocus (BID 10175†), OSVDB (5549†) and Secunia (SA11427†). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: marc.theaimsgroup.com
Researcher: Rafel Ivgi
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2004-1947 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2004-1947
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-21778
X-Force: 15911 - BitDefender Scan Online AVXSCANONLINE ActiveX control allows code execution
SecurityFocus: 10175 - Softwin BitDefender AvxScanOnlineCtrl COM Object Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Secunia: 11427 - AvxScanOnline ActiveX Control Arbitrary File Execution Vulnerability, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 5549 - BitDefender AvxScanOnline ActiveX Control Arbitrary File Execution
SecurityTracker: 1009862 - BitDefender Scan Online ActiveX Control Lets Remote Users Install and Execute Arbitrary Code

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 10/16/2014 11:23
Updated: 10/08/2025 10:46
Changes: 10/16/2014 11:23 (62), 07/06/2017 08:05 (6), 10/08/2025 10:46 (23)
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Cache ID: 216:590:103

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