VISAGESOFT Expert Pdf Viewer Activex 3.0.990.0 ActiveX Control VSPDFViewerX.ocx input validation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in VISAGESOFT Expert Pdf Viewer Activex 3.0.990.0. Impacted is an unknown function of the file VSPDFViewerX.ocx of the component ActiveX Control. Such manipulation leads to input validation. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2008-4919. Moreover, an exploit is present.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in VISAGESOFT Expert Pdf Viewer Activex 3.0.990.0 (Document Reader Software) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown part of the file VSPDFViewerX.ocx of the component ActiveX Control. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. Impacted is integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Insecure method vulnerability in VISAGESOFT eXPert PDF Viewer X ActiveX control (VSPDFViewerX.ocx) 3.0.990.0 allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a full pathname to the savePageAsBitmap method.

The weakness was disclosed 11/04/2008 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at milw0rm.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2008-4919 since 11/04/2008. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known.

A public exploit has been developed by Marco Torti and been published before and not just after the advisory. The exploit is available at securityfocus.com. It is declared as functional. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 6 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (46218), Exploit-DB (6875), SecurityFocus (BID 31984†) and Secunia (SA32426†). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.9

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Class: Input validation
CWE: CWE-20
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Physical: No
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Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Functional
Author: Marco Torti
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OpenVAS ID: 900174
OpenVAS Name: Visagesoft eXPert PDF Viewer ActiveX Control File Overwrite Vulnerability
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: milw0rm.com⛔
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2008-4919 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-4919
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-44852
X-Force: 46218 - eXPert PDF ViewerX ActiveX control (VSPDFViewerX.ocx) savePageAsBitmap() method file overwrite
SecurityFocus: 31984 - Visagesoft eXPert PDF Viewer ActiveX Control Arbitrary File Overwrite Vulnerability
Secunia: 32426 - eXPert PDF ViewerX ActiveX Control "savePageAsBitmap()" Insecure Method, Less Critical

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

Entryinfo

Created: 03/17/2015 16:11
Updated: 11/09/2024 14:21
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (59), 12/02/2017 10:43 (12), 11/09/2024 14:21 (17)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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