GdPicture Pro 'gdpicture4s.ocx' ActiveX Control Arbitrary File Overwrite Vulnerability

BID:31504

Info

GdPicture Pro 'gdpicture4s.ocx' ActiveX Control Arbitrary File Overwrite Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 31504
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE: CVE-2008-4453
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Sep 30 2008 12:00AM
Updated: May 07 2015 05:22PM
Credit: EgiX
Vulnerable: GdPicture GdPicture Pro 0
GdPicture GdPicture Light Imaging Toolkit 4.7.1
Not Vulnerable: GdPicture GdPicture Pro Imaging SDK 5.7.2

Discussion

GdPicture Pro 'gdpicture4s.ocx' ActiveX Control Arbitrary File Overwrite Vulnerability

An ActiveX control in GdPicture Pro SDK is prone to a vulnerability that lets attackers overwrite files with arbitrary, attacker-controlled content. The issue occurs because the control fails to sanitize user-supplied input.

Successful exploits may compromise affected computers and could aid in further attacks.

This issue affects gdpicture4s.ocx 4.7.0.1. This control is included in GdPicture Light Imaging Toolkit 4.7.1. Other versions may also be affected.

Exploit / POC

GdPicture Pro 'gdpicture4s.ocx' ActiveX Control Arbitrary File Overwrite Vulnerability

To exploit this issue, an attacker must entice an unsuspecting victim into viewing a malicious web page.

The following example exploit code is available:

Solution / Fix

GdPicture Pro 'gdpicture4s.ocx' ActiveX Control Arbitrary File Overwrite Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has released GdPicture Pro Imaging SDK 5.7.2, which has a fixed version of the control. Please contact the vendor for information on obtaining and deploying the updated version.

References

GdPicture Pro 'gdpicture4s.ocx' ActiveX Control Arbitrary File Overwrite Vulnerability

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