EDraw Office Viewer Component FtpDownloadFile ActiveX Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

BID:25892

Info

EDraw Office Viewer Component FtpDownloadFile ActiveX Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 25892
Class: Boundary Condition Error
CVE: CVE-2007-5257
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Oct 01 2007 12:00AM
Updated: Apr 16 2015 06:08PM
Credit: shinnai is credited with the discovery of this issue.
Vulnerable: EDraw Office Viewer Component 5.3
Not Vulnerable: EDraw Office Viewer Component 5.3.288 .1

Discussion

EDraw Office Viewer Component FtpDownloadFile ActiveX Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

EDraw Office Viewer Component ActiveX control is prone to a buffer-overflow vulnerability because it fails to bounds-check user-supplied data before copying it into an insufficiently sized buffer.

An attacker can exploit this issue to cause a denial-of-service condition and possibly to execute arbitrary code, but has not been confirmed.

This issue affects EDraw Office Viewer Component 5.3; other versions may also be affected.

Exploit / POC

EDraw Office Viewer Component FtpDownloadFile ActiveX Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

To exploit this issue, an attacker must entice an unsuspecting user to access a malicious webpage.

The following proof of concept is available:

Solution / Fix

EDraw Office Viewer Component FtpDownloadFile ActiveX Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor released Office Viewer Component 5.3.288.1 to address this issue. Please see the references for more information.

References

EDraw Office Viewer Component FtpDownloadFile ActiveX Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

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