RETIRED: Watchfire AppScan ActiveX Control Multiple Arbitrary File Overwrite Vulnerabilities

BID:28940

Info

RETIRED: Watchfire AppScan ActiveX Control Multiple Arbitrary File Overwrite Vulnerabilities

Bugtraq ID: 28940
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE: CVE-2008-2015
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Apr 26 2008 12:00AM
Updated: May 12 2015 07:48PM
Credit: callAX
Vulnerable: Watchfire AppScan 7.0
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

RETIRED: Watchfire AppScan ActiveX Control Multiple Arbitrary File Overwrite Vulnerabilities

Watchfire AppScan ActiveX Control is prone to multiple vulnerabilities that allow attackers to overwrite arbitrary files.

An attacker can exploit these issues by enticing an unsuspecting victim to view a malicious HTML page.

Successfully exploiting these issues will allow the attacker to corrupt and overwrite arbitrary files on the victim's computer in the context of the vulnerable application using the ActiveX control (typically Internet Explorer).

Watchfire AppScan 7.0 is vulnerable to this issue; other versions may also be affected.

NOTE: This BID is being retired. The ActiveX controls are not marked 'safe-for-scripting'.

Exploit / POC

RETIRED: Watchfire AppScan ActiveX Control Multiple Arbitrary File Overwrite Vulnerabilities

An attacker can exploit these issues by enticing an unsuspecting victim to follow a malicious URI.

The following exploit is available:

Solution / Fix

RETIRED: Watchfire AppScan ActiveX Control Multiple Arbitrary File Overwrite Vulnerabilities

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

References

RETIRED: Watchfire AppScan ActiveX Control Multiple Arbitrary File Overwrite Vulnerabilities

References:

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