Microsoft Whale Communication IAG up to 3.7 SP2 ActiveX Control WhlMgr.dll CheckForUpdates/UpdateComponents HTML Document memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Whale Communication IAG up to 3.7 SP2. It has been declared as critical. Impacted is the function CheckForUpdates/UpdateComponents in the library WhlMgr.dll of the component ActiveX Control. The manipulation as part of HTML Document results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2007-2238. There is no exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Microsoft Whale Communication IAG up to 3.7 SP2. Affected is the function CheckForUpdates/UpdateComponents in the library WhlMgr.dll of the component ActiveX Control. The manipulation as part of a HTML Document 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. CVE summarizes:

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the Whale Client Components ActiveX control (WhlMgr.dll), as used in Microsoft Intelligent Application Gateway (IAG) before 3.7 SP2, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via long arguments to the (1) CheckForUpdates or (2) UpdateComponents methods.

The bug was discovered 04/15/2009. The weakness was shared 04/16/2009 by Will Dormann with CERT/CC (Website). The advisory is available at kb.cert.org. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2007-2238 since 04/25/2007. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit.

It is declared as highly functional. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 38734 (Microsoft Whale Client Components ActiveX (WhlMgr.dll) Multiple Method Overflows), 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. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 90495 (Microsoft IAG 2007 ActiveX Control Multiple Stack Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (49888), Tenable (38734), SecurityFocus (BID 34532†), OSVDB (53933†) and Secunia (SA34725†). 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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Status: Highly functional

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Nessus ID: 38734
Nessus Name: Microsoft Whale Client Components ActiveX (WhlMgr.dll) Multiple Method Overflows
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MetaSploit ID: mswhale_checkforupdates.rb
MetaSploit Name: Microsoft Whale Intelligent Application Gateway ActiveX Control Buffer Overflow
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: kb.cert.org
Researcher: Will Dormann
Organization: CERT/CC
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2007-2238 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-2238
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-3954
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X-Force: 49888 - Microsoft Intelligent Application Gateway Whale Client Components ActiveX control buffer overflow, High Risk
SecurityFocus: 34532 - Microsoft IAG 2007 ActiveX Control Multiple Stack Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 34725
OSVDB: 53933 - Microsoft Whale Client Components ActiveX (WhlMgr.dll) Multiple Method Overflow
Vulnerability Center: 22049 - Microsoft IAG < 3.7 SP2 Whale Client Components Multiple Stack-Based Buffer Overflows, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2009-1061

Entryinfo

Created: 04/20/2009 10:32
Updated: 06/08/2025 21:05
Changes: 04/20/2009 10:32 (94), 09/04/2019 09:32 (1), 11/26/2024 00:29 (17), 06/08/2025 21:05 (2)
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Cache ID: 216:846:103

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