Microsoft Visual Studio VB To VSI Support Library ActiveX Arbitrary File Overwrite Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	25635
Class:	Design Error
CVE:	CVE-2007-4890
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Sep 11 2007 12:00AM
Updated:	May 07 2015 05:35PM
Credit:	shinnai is credited with the discovery of this issue.
Vulnerable:	Microsoft VB To VSI Support Library 1.0
Not Vulnerable:

Microsoft Visual Studio VB To VSI Support Library ActiveX Arbitrary File Overwrite Vulnerability

Microsoft Visual Studio VB To VSI Support Library ActiveX Control is prone to a vulnerability that lets attackers overwrite arbitrary files.

An attacker can exploit this issue to overwrite arbitrary files with local data. This will likely result in denial-of-service conditions; other attacks may also be possible.

Microsoft Visual Studio VB To VSI Support Library ActiveX Arbitrary File Overwrite Vulnerability

Sample exploit code has been provided:

• /data/vulnerabilities/exploits/25635.html

Microsoft Visual Studio VB To VSI Support Library ActiveX Arbitrary File Overwrite Vulnerability

Solution:
Currently we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches for this issue. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

Microsoft Visual Studio VB To VSI Support Library ActiveX Arbitrary File Overwrite Vulnerability

References:

• Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 240797 (Microsoft)
  
• Microsoft Visual Studio Homepage (Microsoft)