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Kingsoft Antivirus Online Update Module ActiveX Control Buffer Overflow

Secunia Advisory: SA29204  
Release Date: 2008-03-11
Last Update: 2008-03-19

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

Software:Kingsoft Antivirus Online Update Module 2007.x

CVE reference:CVE-2008-1307 (Secunia mirror)

This advisory is currently marked as unpatched!
- Companies can be alerted when a patch is released!


Description:
void has discovered a vulnerability in Kingsoft Antivirus Online Update Module, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.

The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error in the KUpdateObj2 Class ActiveX control (UpdateOcx2.dll) when processing arguments passed to the "SetUninstallName()" method. This can be exploited to cause a heap-based buffer overflow by passing an overly long argument to the affected method.

Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code.

The vulnerability is confirmed in UpdateOcx2.dll version 2007.12.29.29. Other versions may also be affected.

Solution:
Set the kill-bit for the affected ActiveX control.

Provided and/or discovered by:
void

Changelog:
2008-03-19: Added CVE reference.

Original Advisory:
http://milw0rm.com/exploits/5225

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