Lenovo Access Support prior 1.2.8.0 ActiveX Control acpcontroller.dll memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in Lenovo Access Support. Impacted is an unknown function in the library acpcontroller.dll of the component ActiveX Control. The manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2007-2929. No exploit is available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Lenovo Access Support. Affected is an unknown functionality in the library acpcontroller.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 integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

The IBM Lenovo Access Support acpRunner ActiveX control, as distributed in acpcontroller.dll before 1.2.8.0 and possibly acpir.dll before 1.0.0.9 (Automated Solutions 1.0 before fix pack 1), exposes unsafe methods to arbitrary web domains, which allows remote attackers to download arbitrary code onto a client system and execute this code.

The bug was discovered 08/14/2007. The weakness was published 08/15/2007 by Karl Lynn with Juniper Networks as confirmed advisory (CERT.org). The advisory is shared for download at kb.cert.org. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2007-2929 since 05/30/2007. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 25883 (MS07-045: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (937143)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows : Microsoft Bulletins and running in the context l.

Upgrading to version 1.2.8.0 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 2852.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (36035), Tenable (25883), SecurityFocus (BID 25311†), OSVDB (39554†) and Secunia (SA26482†). Similar entries are available at VDB-3244, VDB-3245, VDB-38339 and VDB-38338. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 25883
Nessus Name: MS07-045: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (937143)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Access Support 1.2.8.0
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: lenovo.com

Advisory: kb.cert.org
Researcher: Karl Lynn
Organization: Juniper Networks
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2007-2929 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-2929
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-38340
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X-Force: 36035
SecurityFocus: 25311 - Lenovo Inline Automated Solutions ActiveX Controls Multiple Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 26482
OSVDB: 39554 - CVE-2007-2929 - acpRunner ActiveX - Code Execution Issue
Vulnerability Center: 15897 - IBM Lenovo Automated Solutions Vulnerability Allows Arbitrary Code Execution, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2007-2882

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 03/16/2015 12:18
Updated: 01/05/2025 15:50
Changes: 03/16/2015 12:18 (75), 07/24/2019 09:16 (4), 07/21/2021 15:12 (3), 01/05/2025 15:50 (17)
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