VDB-34143 · CVE-2006-6838 · BID 21831

Rediff Bol Downloader Activex Ocx Control vbscript information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in Rediff Bol Downloader Activex Ocx Control. Affected is an unknown function of the component Downloader. Performing a manipulation of the argument vbscript results in information disclosure. This vulnerability was named CVE-2006-6838. In addition, an exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Rediff Bol Downloader Activex Ocx Control (the affected version is unknown). It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown code of the component Downloader. The manipulation of the argument vbscript with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Rediff Bol Downloader ActiveX (OCX) control allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary files, and obtain sensitive information (usernames and pathnames), via a URL in the url vbscript parameter.

The weakness was presented 12/31/2006 by Gregory R. Panakkal (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2006-6838 since 01/02/2007. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details and a public exploit are known. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1592 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The exploit is shared for download at securityfocus.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 vulnerability database at SecurityFocus (BID 21831†). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Vendor

Rediff

Name

Bol Downloader Activex Ocx Control

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.9

VulDB Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.9
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Suricata ID: 2007998
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Timelineinfo

12/31/2006 🔍
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01/01/2007 +1 days 🔍
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09/29/2017 +932 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: Gregory R. Panakkal
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2006-6838 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-6838
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-34143
SecurityFocus: 21831 - Rediff Bol Downloader ActiveX Control Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

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

Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 22:21
Updated: 09/29/2017 09:13
Changes: 03/12/2015 22:21 (50), 09/29/2017 09:13 (7)
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