Creative Creative Software AutoUpdate Engine ActiveX Control ctsueng.ocx memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Creative Creative Software AutoUpdate Engine and classified as critical. Impacted is an unknown function of the file ctsueng.ocx of the component ActiveX Control. The manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2008-0955. Furthermore, there is an exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as very critical, was found in Creative Creative Software AutoUpdate Engine (the affected version is unknown). Affected is an unknown code of the file ctsueng.ocx 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. CVE summarizes:

Stack-based buffer overflow in the Creative Software AutoUpdate Engine ActiveX control in CTSUEng.ocx allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long CacheFolder property value.

The bug was discovered 05/27/2008. The weakness was shared 05/29/2008 by eEye Digital Security with eEye Digital Security as confirmed advisory (CERT.org). The advisory is shared for download at kb.cert.org. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2008-0955 since 02/25/2008. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Technical details and a public exploit are known. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 12/11/2024).

The exploit is shared for download at securityfocus.com. 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 $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 32442 (Creative Software AutoUpdate Engine ActiveX (CTSUEng.ocx) Unspecified 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.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 6154.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (42673), Exploit-DB (5681), Tenable (32442), SecurityFocus (BID 29391†) and OSVDB (45655†). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 10.0
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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Access: Public
Status: Highly functional
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Nessus ID: 32442
Nessus Name: Creative Software AutoUpdate Engine ActiveX (CTSUEng.ocx) Unspecified Overflow
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MetaSploit ID: creative_software_cachefolder.rb
MetaSploit Name: Creative Software AutoUpdate Engine ActiveX Control Buffer Overflow
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05/27/2008 +92 days 🔍
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05/28/2008 +1 days 🔍
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06/02/2008 +4 days 🔍
03/16/2015 +2478 days 🔍
12/11/2024 +3557 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: kb.cert.org
Researcher: eEye Digital Security
Organization: eEye Digital Security
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2008-0955 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-0955
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-42564
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X-Force: 42673
SecurityFocus: 29391 - Creative Labs AutoUpdate Eng 'CTSUEng.ocx' ActiveX Control Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia: 30403
OSVDB: 45655 - Creative Labs - AutoUpdate Eng 'CTSUEng.ocx' ActiveX Control Remote Buffer Overflow Issue
Vulnerability Center: 18493 - Creative Software AutoUpdate Engine ActiveX Control Stack-Based Buffer Overflow, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2008-1668

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

Entryinfo

Created: 03/16/2015 17:00
Updated: 12/11/2024 00:30
Changes: 03/16/2015 17:00 (78), 08/10/2019 18:45 (7), 06/17/2024 17:26 (16), 10/25/2024 23:59 (1), 12/11/2024 00:30 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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