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IDAutomation Barcode ActiveX Controls Insecure Methods
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA30246
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Release Date:
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2008-05-14
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Last Update:
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2008-05-22
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Critical:
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Less critical
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Impact:
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Manipulation of data
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Unpatched
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| Software: | IDAutomation Aztec Barcode Font & Encoder 1.x
IDAutomation Data Matrix Barcode Font & Encoder 1.x
IDAutomation Linear Barcode ActiveX Control 1.x
IDAutomation PDF417 Barcode Font and Encoder 1.x
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| | CVE reference: | CVE-2008-2283 (Secunia mirror)
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This advisory is currently marked as unpatched!
- Companies can be alerted when a patch is released! |
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Description:
shinnai has discovered some vulnerabilities in various IDAutomation Barcode ActiveX controls, which can be exploited by malicious people to overwrite arbitrary files.
The vulnerabilities are caused due to the following ActiveX controls including the insecure "SaveBarCode()" and "SaveEnhWMF()" methods:
* IDAuto.BarCode.1 (IDAutomationLinear6.dll)
* IDAuto.Datamatrix.1 (IDAutomationDMATRIX6.DLL)
* IDAuto.PDF417.1 (IDAutomationPDF417_6.dll)
* IDAuto.Aztec.1 (IDAutomationAZTEC.dll)
These can be exploited to overwrite and corrupt arbitrary files in the system in the context of the currently logged-on user.
The vulnerabilities are confirmed in the following versions:
* IDAutomation Linear Barcode ActiveX Control 1.6.0.6
* IDAutomation Data Matrix Barcode Font & Encoder 1.6.0.6
* IDAutomation PDF417 Barcode Font and Encoder 1.6.0.6
* IDAutomation Aztec Barcode Font & Encoder 1.7.1.0
Other versions may also be affected.
Solution:
Set the kill-bit for the affected ActiveX controls.
Provided and/or discovered by:
shinnai
Changelog:
2008-05-22: Added CVE reference.
Original Advisory:
http://www.shinnai.altervista.org/ind...topic=1210750552.ff.php&page=last
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1 Related Secunia Security Advisories
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1. IDAutomation Linear Barcode ActiveX Control Buffer Overflow
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