Vantage Linguistics AnswerWorks ActiveX Controls Multiple Unspecified Vulnerabilities

BID:26815

Info

Vantage Linguistics AnswerWorks ActiveX Controls Multiple Unspecified Vulnerabilities

Bugtraq ID: 26815
Class: Unknown
CVE: CVE-2007-6387
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Dec 11 2007 12:00AM
Updated: Jan 03 2008 09:20PM
Credit: The vendor disclosed this issue.
Vulnerable: Vantage Linquistics AnswerWorks 5.0 .6
Vantage Linquistics AnswerWorks 5.0 .5
Vantage Linquistics AnswerWorks 5.0 .4
Vantage Linquistics AnswerWorks 5.0 .3
Vantage Linquistics AnswerWorks 5.0 .2
Vantage Linquistics AnswerWorks 5.0 .1
Vantage Linquistics AnswerWorks 5.0 .0
Vantage Linquistics AnswerWorks 4.0 .100
Vantage Linquistics AnswerWorks 4.0 .0
Vantage Linquistics AnswerWorks 3.0 .0
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Vantage Linguistics AnswerWorks ActiveX Controls Multiple Unspecified Vulnerabilities

Multiple Vantage Linguistics AnswerWorks ActiveX controls are prone to multiple unspecified vulnerabilities.

Successfully exploiting these issues will allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code in the context of an application using the ActiveX control or to trigger denial-of-service conditions. However, the precise impact has not been confirmed.

AnswerWorks 3.0.0.0 - 4.0.0.100 and 5.0.0.0 - 5.0.0.6 are vulnerable.

NOTE: Currently, very few details are available regarding these issues. We will update this BID as more information emerges. Individual issues may be given separate BIDs.

UPDATE (December 31, 2007): Three of these issues are known to be buffer-overflow vulnerabilities.

Exploit / POC

Vantage Linguistics AnswerWorks ActiveX Controls Multiple Unspecified Vulnerabilities

To exploit some of these issues, an attacker must entice an unsuspecting user to open a malicious web document.

The following proof-of-concept code is available:

Solution / Fix

Vantage Linguistics AnswerWorks ActiveX Controls Multiple Unspecified Vulnerabilities

Solution:
The vendor released a patch to address this issue. Please see the references for more information.


Vantage Linquistics AnswerWorks 3.0 .0

Vantage Linquistics AnswerWorks 4.0 .0

Vantage Linquistics AnswerWorks 4.0 .100

Vantage Linquistics AnswerWorks 5.0 .6

Vantage Linquistics AnswerWorks 5.0 .4

Vantage Linquistics AnswerWorks 5.0 .3

Vantage Linquistics AnswerWorks 5.0 .0

Vantage Linquistics AnswerWorks 5.0 .1

Vantage Linquistics AnswerWorks 5.0 .5

Vantage Linquistics AnswerWorks 5.0 .2

References

Vantage Linguistics AnswerWorks ActiveX Controls Multiple Unspecified Vulnerabilities

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