BitDefender Online Anti-Virus Scanner 8.0 ActiveX Control oscan8.ocx memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in BitDefender Online Anti-Virus Scanner 8.0. It has been rated as critical. The impacted element is an unknown function of the file oscan8.ocx of the component ActiveX Control. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2007-6189. In addition, an exploit is available. Applying a patch is the recommended action to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in BitDefender Online Anti-Virus Scanner 8.0 (Anti-Malware Software) and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown function of the file oscan8.ocx of the component ActiveX Control. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

A certain ActiveX control in (1) OScan8.ocx and (2) Oscan81.ocx in BitDefender Online Anti-Virus Scanner 8.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long argument to the InitX method that begins with a "%%" sequence, which is misinterpreted as a Unicode string and decoded twice, leading to improper memory allocation and a heap-based buffer overflow.

The weakness was presented 11/29/2007 (Website). The advisory is shared at secunia.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2007-6189 since 11/29/2007. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known.

The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Exploit-DB (4663), Secunia (SA27717†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1018986†). 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
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Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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11/21/2007 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: secunia.com⛔
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2007-6189 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-6189
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-39893
Secunia: 27717 - BitDefender Online Scanner ActiveX Control Buffer Overflow, Highly Critical
SecurityTracker: 1018986 - BitDefender Heap Overflow in 'Oscan' ActiveX Control Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
Vupen: ADV-2007-3935

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

Entryinfo

Created: 03/16/2015 13:43
Updated: 10/12/2024 00:28
Changes: 03/16/2015 13:43 (52), 11/03/2017 08:11 (11), 10/12/2024 00:28 (16)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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