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WinZip FileView ActiveX Control Multiple Vulnerabilities Advisory Available in Danish  Advisory Available in German 

Secunia Advisory: SA22891  
Release Date: 2006-11-15
Last Update: 2007-01-10

Critical:
Highly critical
Impact: System access
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

Software:WinZip 10.x

CVE reference:CVE-2006-3890 (Secunia mirror)
CVE-2006-5198 (Secunia mirror)
CVE-2006-6884 (Secunia mirror)

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Description:
Some vulnerabilities have been reported in WinZip, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.

1) Several unspecified insecure methods exist in the FileView ActiveX control (WZFILEVIEW.FileViewCtrl.61). This can be exploited to execute arbitrary code when a user e.g. visits a malicious website.

2) A boundary error in the FileView ActiveX control within the handling of the "filepattern" property can be exploited to cause a buffer overflow.

3) A boundary error in the FileView ActiveX control within the handling of parameters passed to the "CreateNewFolderFromName" method can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow via an overly long string (greater than 230 bytes) passed to the said method.

The vulnerabilities are reported in WinZip 10.0 versions prior to Build 7245.

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Solution:
Update to version 10.0 Build 7245.

Provided and/or discovered by:
1) Discovered by an anonymous person and reported via ZDI.
2) Independently discovered by:
* Michael Turner
* Dan Plakosh and Will Dormann, CERT/CC.
3) Vulnerable method identified by XiaoHui.

Changelog:
2006-11-16: Added links to US-CERT. Added information about additional vulnerability.
2007-01-02: Added information about "CreateNewFolderFromName" method.
2007-01-10: Added CVE reference.

Original Advisory:
WinZip:
http://www.winzip.com/wz7245.htm

ZDI:
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-06-040.html

Other References:
US-CERT VU#225217:
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/225217

US-CERT VU#512804:
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/512804



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