CVE-2012-5896

Summary

CVECVE-2012-5896
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-11-17 21:55:00 UTC
Updated2017-08-29 01:32:00 UTC
DescriptionThe Annotation Objects Extension ActiveX control in AnnotateX.dll in Quest InTrust 10.4.0.853 and earlier does not properly implement the Add method, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a memory address in the first argument, related to an "uninitialized pointer."

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Quest Intrust 10.1 All All All
Application Quest Intrust 10.2.5 All All All
Application Quest Intrust 10.3 All All All
Application Quest Intrust 10.4 All All All
Application Quest Intrust 10.1 All All All
Application Quest Intrust 10.2.5 All All All
Application Quest Intrust 10.3 All All All
Application Quest Intrust 10.4 All All All
Application Quest Intrust All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Quest InTrust Annotation Objects Uninitialized Pointer ≈ Packet Storm MISC packetstormsecurity.org Exploit
Quest InTrust 10.4.x Annotation Objects Code Execution ≈ Packet Storm MISC packetstormsecurity.org
Quest InTrust 'AnnotateX.dll' Uninitialized Pointer Code Execution Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Exploit
80662 OSVDB osvdb.org
Security Advisory SA48566 - Quest InTrust ActiveX Controls Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Quest InTrust 10.4.x Annotation Objects ActiveX Control AnnotateX.dll Uninitialized Pointer Remote Code Execution EXPLOIT-DB www.exploit-db.com Exploit
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
dev.metasploit.com/redmine/projects/framework/repository/entry/modules/exploits/... MISC dev.metasploit.com Exploit
20120328 Quest InTrust 10.4.x Annotation Objects ActiveX Control AnnotateX.dll Uninitialized Pointer Remote Code Execution BUGTRAQ archives.neohapsis.com Exploit
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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