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IDAutomation Barcode ActiveX Controls Insecure Methods
Secunia Advisory: SA30246
Release Date: 2008-05-14
Last Update: 2008-05-22
Popularity: 2,617 views

Critical:
Less critical
Impact: Manipulation of data
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Unpatched

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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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.

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