Grid2000 Flexcell Grid Control 5.7.0.1 ActiveX Control FlexCell.ocx privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Grid2000 Flexcell Grid Control 5.7.0.1. The impacted element is an unknown function of the file FlexCell.ocx of the component ActiveX Control. The manipulation leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2008-5404. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Grid2000 Flexcell Grid Control 5.7.0.1. This issue affects an unknown code of the file FlexCell.ocx of the component ActiveX Control. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Insecure method vulnerability in the FlexCell.Grid ActiveX control in FlexCell.ocx 5.7.0.1 in FlexCell Grid ActiveX Component allows remote attackers to create and overwrite arbitrary files via the HttpDownloadFile method. NOTE: this could be leveraged for code execution by creating executable files in Startup folders or by accessing files using hcp:// URLs. NOTE: the provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained solely from third party information.

The weakness was released 12/10/2008 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at securityfocus.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2008-5404 since 12/08/2008. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 116064 (FlexCell Grid Control (ActiveX) Arbitrary File Overwrite Vulnerability).

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (46809), SecurityFocus (BID 32443†) and Secunia (SA32829†). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Status: Unproven

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OpenVAS ID: 900406
OpenVAS Name: FlexCell Grid Control ActiveX Arbitrary File Overwrite Vulnerability
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11/24/2008 🔍
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12/08/2008 +14 days 🔍
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03/17/2015 +2288 days 🔍
05/25/2025 +3722 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2008-5404 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-5404
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-45371
X-Force: 46809 - FlexCell Grid ActiveX control file overwrite
SecurityFocus: 32443 - FlexCell Grid Control (ActiveX) Arbitrary File Overwrite Vulnerability
Secunia: 32829 - FlexCell Grid ActiveX Control "HttpDownloadFile()" Arbitrary File Overwrite, Highly Critical

Entryinfo

Created: 03/17/2015 16:11
Updated: 05/25/2025 03:31
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (55), 11/25/2017 10:02 (7), 05/25/2025 03:31 (18)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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