Hummingbird Exceed up to 2007 ActiveX Control hclxweb.dll memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Hummingbird Exceed 9.0/10.0/13.0/2006/2007 and classified as critical. This affects an unknown part in the library hclxweb.dll of the component ActiveX Control. The manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2008-4729. Additionally, an exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Hummingbird Exceed 9.0/10.0/13.0/2006/2007. Affected is an unknown code in the library hclxweb.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. CVE summarizes:

Stack-based buffer overflow in Hummingbird.XWebHostCtrl.1 ActiveX control (hclxweb.dll) in Hummingbird Xweb ActiveX Control 13.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long PlainTextPassword property. NOTE: code execution might not be possible in 13.0.

The weakness was released 10/23/2008 by Thomas Pollet (Website). The advisory is available at xforce.iss.net. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2008-4729. 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 exploit is shared for download at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

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 6529.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (45941), SecurityFocus (BID 31783†), Secunia (SA32319†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-29726†). 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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Physical: No
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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OpenVAS ID: 900159
OpenVAS Name: Hummingbird HostExplorer ActiveX Control BOF Vulnerability
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10/16/2008 🔍
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10/23/2008 +6 days 🔍
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03/17/2015 +1496 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: xforce.iss.net
Researcher: Thomas Pollet
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2008-4729 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-4729
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-44706
X-Force: 45941
SecurityFocus: 31783 - Hummingbird HostExplorer ActiveX Control 'PlainTextPassword()' Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia: 32319
Vulnerability Center: 29726 - Hummingbird HostExplorer 6.2 and 8.0 Remote Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability, Medium

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

Entryinfo

Created: 03/17/2015 16:11
Updated: 02/28/2025 16:43
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (53), 03/15/2017 12:40 (13), 08/02/2021 15:22 (4), 11/08/2024 03:30 (19), 02/28/2025 16:43 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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