Microsoft Silverlight ActiveX Control Pointer Memory Corruption Vulnerability

BID:42138

Info

Microsoft Silverlight ActiveX Control Pointer Memory Corruption Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 42138
Class: Unknown
CVE: CVE-2010-0019
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Aug 10 2010 12:00AM
Updated: Sep 29 2010 09:10PM
Credit: Carsten Book of the Mozilla Corporation
Vulnerable: Microsoft Silverlight 3.0
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Microsoft Silverlight ActiveX Control Pointer Memory Corruption Vulnerability

Microsoft Silverlight ActiveX control is prone to a remote memory-corruption vulnerability.

An attacker can exploit this issue by enticing an unsuspecting user to view a malicious webpage.

Successful exploits will allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code within the context of the application (typically Internet Explorer) that uses the ActiveX control.

Exploit / POC

Microsoft Silverlight ActiveX Control Pointer Memory Corruption Vulnerability

A working commercial exploit is available through VUPEN Security - Exploit and PoCs Service. This exploit is not otherwise publicly available or known to be circulating in the wild.

Solution / Fix

Microsoft Silverlight ActiveX Control Pointer Memory Corruption Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has released an advisory and fixes. Please see the references for more information.


Microsoft Silverlight 3.0

References

Microsoft Silverlight ActiveX Control Pointer Memory Corruption Vulnerability

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