Security Advisory SA32990 - eXPert PDF EditorX ActiveX Control "extractPagesToFile()" Insecure Method

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Secunia Advisory SA32990

eXPert PDF EditorX ActiveX Control "extractPagesToFile()" Insecure Method

Secunia Advisory

SA32990

Release Date

2008-12-09

Last Update

2009-03-23

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Criticality level

Less critical

Impact

Manipulation of data

Where

From remote

Authentication level

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Solution Status

Unpatched

3rd party PoC/exploit

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Systems affected

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Approve distribution

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Remediation status

Secunia VIM

Software:

eXPert PDF EditorX ActiveX Control 1.x

Secunia CVSS Score

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CVE Reference(s)

CVE-2008-6496 CVSS score available to Secunia VIM customers

Description

Marco Torti has discovered a vulnerability in eXPert PDF EditorX ActiveX Control, which can be exploited by malicious people to overwrite arbitrary files.

The vulnerability is caused due to the VSPDFEditorX.VSPDFEdit ActiveX control (VSPDFEditorX.ocx) providing the insecure "extractPagesToFile()" method. This can be exploited to corrupt arbitrary files on the user's system.

This vulnerability is confirmed in version 1.0.200.0. Other versions may also be affected.

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

Provided and/or discovered by
Marco Torti

Changelog
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Original Advisory
http://milw0rm.com/exploits/7358

Alternate/detailed remediation
Further details available in Customer Area

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