VDB-33994 · CVE-2006-6707 · BID 21697

McAfee NeoTrace 3.25 ActiveX Control neotraceexplorer.dll stack-based overflow

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in McAfee NeoTrace 3.25. This issue affects some unknown processing in the library neotraceexplorer.dll of the component ActiveX Control. Executing a manipulation can lead to stack-based overflow. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2006-6707. Furthermore, there is an exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in McAfee NeoTrace 3.25. This vulnerability affects some unknown functionality in the library neotraceexplorer.dll of the component ActiveX Control. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a stack-based overflow vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-121. A stack-based buffer overflow condition is a condition where the buffer being overwritten is allocated on the stack (i.e., is a local variable or, rarely, a parameter to a function). As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Stack-based buffer overflow in the NeoTraceExplorer.NeoTraceLoader ActiveX control (NeoTraceExplorer.dll) in NeoTrace Express 3.25 and NeoTrace Pro (aka McAfee Visual Trace) 3.25 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long argument string to the TraceTarget method. NOTE: The provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained solely from third party information.

The weakness was shared 12/22/2006 by Parvez Anwar (Website). The advisory is available at secunia.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2006-6707 since 12/22/2006. 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.

It is possible to download the exploit 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.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at SecurityFocus (BID 21697†) and Secunia (SA23463†). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Stack-based overflow
CWE: CWE-121 / CWE-119
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Access: Public
Status: Highly functional
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MetaSploit ID: mcafeevisualtrace_tracetarget.rb
MetaSploit Name: McAfee Visual Trace ActiveX Control Buffer Overflow
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12/20/2006 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mcafee.com

Advisory: secunia.com⛔
Researcher: Parvez Anwar
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2006-6707 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-6707
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-33994
SecurityFocus: 21697 - McAfee NeoTrace ActiveX Control Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia: 23463 - NeoTrace Express/Pro ActiveX Control "TraceTarget()" Buffer Overflow, Highly Critical

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

Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 22:21
Updated: 08/12/2018 07:56
Changes: 03/12/2015 22:21 (54), 08/12/2018 07:56 (8)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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