Verisign Mpki up to 7.0 ActiveX Control vscnfchk.dll memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Verisign Mpki 4.6.1/5.0/6.0/6.1.3/7.0 and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality in the library vscnfchk.dll of the component ActiveX Control. Performing a manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2007-1083. No exploit exists. Applying a patch is the recommended action to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Verisign Mpki 4.6.1/5.0/6.0/6.1.3/7.0. This affects an unknown part in the library vscnfchk.dll of the component ActiveX Control. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Buffer overflow in the Configuration Checker (ConfigChk) ActiveX control in VSCnfChk.dll 2.0.0.2 for Verisign Managed PKI Service, Secure Messaging for Microsoft Exchange, and Go Secure! allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via long arguments to the VerCompare method.

The bug was discovered 02/22/2007. The weakness was disclosed 02/22/2007 by David D. Rude II (iDefense) with iDEFENSE as confirmed advisory (CERT.org). The advisory is shared at kb.cert.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2007-1083 since 02/22/2007. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 24734 (VeriSign ConfigChk ActiveX Control (VSCnfChk.dll) Buffer Overflow), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows and running in the context l.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. Attack attempts may be identified with Snort ID 10170.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (32639), Tenable (24734), SecurityFocus (BID 22676†), OSVDB (33479†) and Secunia (SA24249†). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 24734
Nessus Name: VeriSign ConfigChk ActiveX Control (VSCnfChk.dll) Buffer Overflow
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Snort ID: 10170

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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: kb.cert.org
Researcher: David D. Rude II (iDefense)
Organization: iDEFENSE
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2007-1083 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-1083
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-35157
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X-Force: 32639
SecurityFocus: 22676 - RETIRED: VeriSign ConfigCHK ActiveX Control VerCompare Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia: 24249 - VeriSign ConfigChk ActiveX Control Buffer Overflow, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 33479 - VeriSign ConfigChk ActiveX VSCnfChk.dll VerCompare Method Overflow
SecurityTracker: 1017692
Vulnerability Center: 14510 - Verisign Managed PKI Service Configuration Checker ActiveX Control Allows Remote Code Execution, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2007-0702

Entryinfo

Created: 03/13/2015 12:16
Updated: 11/25/2024 21:37
Changes: 03/13/2015 12:16 (83), 07/16/2019 08:55 (2), 11/25/2024 21:37 (16)
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