IBM Tivoli Provisioning Manager Express for Software Distribution ActiveX Control stack-based overflow

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in IBM Tivoli Provisioning Manager Express for Software Distribution 4.1.1. Impacted is an unknown function of the component ActiveX Control. Such manipulation leads to stack-based overflow. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2012-0198. Moreover, an exploit is present.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in IBM Tivoli Provisioning Manager Express for Software Distribution 4.1.1 (Directory Service Software). It has been rated as very critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality of the component ActiveX Control. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a stack-based overflow vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-121. A stack-based buffer overflow condition is a condition where the buffer being overwritten is allocated on the stack (i.e., is a local variable or, rarely, a parameter to a function). Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Stack-based buffer overflow in the RunAndUploadFile method in the Isig.isigCtl.1 ActiveX control in IBM Tivoli Provisioning Manager Express for Software Distribution 4.1.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors related to an Asset Information file.

The weakness was disclosed 03/05/2012 by Andrea Micalizzi (rgod) (Website). The advisory is available at xforce.iss.net. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2012-0198 since 12/14/2011. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD at the moment (estimation calculated on 08/31/2025). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product increasing in the near future.

It is declared as highly functional. As 0-day the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 58389 (IBM Tivoli Provisioning Manager Express for Software Distribution Isig.isigCtl.1 ActiveX RunAndUploadFile Method Boundary Error Remote Overflow), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows.

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 12394.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (73033), Tenable (58389), SecurityFocus (BID 52248†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-34930†). The entry VDB-60363 is pretty similar. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 10.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 9.6

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Class: Stack-based overflow
CWE: CWE-121 / CWE-119
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Access: Public
Status: Highly functional
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Nessus ID: 58389
Nessus Name: IBM Tivoli Provisioning Manager Express for Software Distribution Isig.isigCtl.1 ActiveX RunAndUploadFile Method Boundary Error Remote Overflow
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Saint ID: exploit_info/tivoli_prov_mgr_runanduploadfile
Saint Name: Tivoli Provisioning Manager Express ActiveX RunAndUploadFile vulnerability

MetaSploit ID: ibm_tivoli_pme_activex_bof.rb
MetaSploit Name: IBM Tivoli Provisioning Manager Express for Software Distribution Isig.isigCtl.1 ActiveX RunAndUploadFile() Method Overflow
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12/14/2011 🔍
03/01/2012 +78 days 🔍
03/05/2012 +4 days 🔍
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03/19/2012 +14 days 🔍
04/23/2012 +35 days 🔍
03/23/2015 +1064 days 🔍
08/31/2025 +3814 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: ibm.com

Advisory: xforce.iss.net
Researcher: Andrea Micalizzi (rgod)
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2012-0198 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2012-0198
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-60362
X-Force: 73033
SecurityFocus: 52248 - Tivoli Provisioning Manager Express for Software Distribution Multiple SQL Injection Vulnerabilities
Vulnerability Center: 34930 - IBM Tivoli Provisioning Manager Express 4.1.1 RunAndUploadFile Buffer Overflow Vulnerability, Medium

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

Created: 03/23/2015 16:50
Updated: 08/31/2025 21:41
Changes: 03/23/2015 16:50 (64), 04/11/2017 10:55 (14), 11/30/2021 14:03 (3), 08/31/2025 21:41 (20)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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