Acer Lunchapp.aplunch ActiveX Control acerctrl.ocx code injection

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Acer Lunchapp.aplunch. It has been rated as critical. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file acerctrl.ocx of the component ActiveX Control. This manipulation causes code injection. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2009-2627. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Acer Lunchapp.aplunch (version unknown). It has been declared as very critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function of the file acerctrl.ocx of the component ActiveX Control. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a code injection vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-94. The product constructs all or part of a code segment using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the syntax or behavior of the intended code segment. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Insecure method vulnerability in the Acer LunchApp (aka AcerCtrls.APlunch) ActiveX control in acerctrl.ocx allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via the Run method, a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-6121.

The weakness was published 08/16/2009 as confirmed advisory (CERT.org). The advisory is shared at kb.cert.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2009-2627. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. The price for an exploit might be around USD at the moment (estimation calculated on 03/30/2025). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059 for this issue.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 40666 (Acer AcerCtrls.APlunch ActiveX Arbitrary Command Execution), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 116585 (Acer LunchApp ActiveX Control Remote Code Execution Vulnerability).

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 (52592), Tenable (40666), SecurityFocus (BID 36068†), OSVDB (57201†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1022752†). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Code injection
CWE: CWE-94 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Nessus ID: 40666
Nessus Name: Acer AcerCtrls.APlunch ActiveX Arbitrary Command Execution
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07/28/2009 🔍
08/16/2009 +19 days 🔍
08/18/2009 +2 days 🔍
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03/18/2015 +2032 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: kb.cert.org
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2009-2627 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2009-2627
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-49525
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X-Force: 52592
SecurityFocus: 36068 - Acer LunchApp ActiveX Control Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
OSVDB: 57201 - Acer AcerCtrls.APlunch ActiveX (acerctrl.ocx) Run Method Arbitrary Local File Execution
SecurityTracker: 1022752
Vulnerability Center: 23267 - Acer LunchApp.Aplunch Run Method Remote Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability, Medium

Entryinfo

Created: 03/18/2015 15:15
Updated: 03/30/2025 04:08
Changes: 03/18/2015 15:15 (57), 02/13/2017 10:21 (8), 08/20/2021 10:47 (3), 08/20/2021 10:53 (1), 11/29/2024 11:17 (16), 03/30/2025 04:08 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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