COWON America jetAudio JetFlExt.dll ActiveX Control Insecure Method Vulnerability

BID:25723

Info

COWON America jetAudio JetFlExt.dll ActiveX Control Insecure Method Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 25723
Class: Design Error
CVE: CVE-2007-4983
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Sep 19 2007 12:00AM
Updated: Aug 25 2008 03:25PM
Credit: Krystian Kloskowski is credited with the discovery of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable: COWON America jetAudio Basic 7.0.3
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

COWON America jetAudio JetFlExt.dll ActiveX Control Insecure Method Vulnerability

jetAudio is prone to a vulnerability that lets attackers overwrite arbitrary files. The problem stems from an insecure method caused by a design error in the affected application.

An attacker can exploit this issue to overwrite arbitrary files on the victim's computer in the context of the vulnerable application using the ActiveX control (typically Internet Explorer).

This issue affects jetAudio 7.0.3 Basic; other versions may also be affected.

Exploit / POC

COWON America jetAudio JetFlExt.dll ActiveX Control Insecure Method Vulnerability

Core Security Technologies has developed a working commercial exploit for its CORE IMPACT product. The exploit is not otherwise publicly available or known to be circulating in the wild.

To exploit this issue, an attacker must entice an unsuspecting user to view a maliciously crafted webpage.

UPDATE (August 11, 2008): Symantec has detected active exploit attempts in the wild.

Sample exploit code is available:

Solution / Fix

COWON America jetAudio JetFlExt.dll ActiveX Control Insecure Method 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].

References

COWON America jetAudio JetFlExt.dll ActiveX Control Insecure Method Vulnerability

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