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Secunia Advisory SA35509

EDraw PDF Viewer ActiveX Control "FtpDownloadFile()" Insecure Method
Secunia Advisory SA35509
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Release Date 2009-06-18
Last Update 2009-06-26
   
Popularity 2,735 views
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Criticality level Highly criticalHighly critical
Impact System access
Where From remote
Authentication level Available in Customer Area
   
Report reliability Available in Customer Area
Solution Status Vendor Patch
   
Systems affected Available in Customer Area
Approve distribution Available in Customer Area
   
Software:
EDraw PDF Viewer ActiveX Control 3.x
Secunia CVSS Score Available in Customer Area
CVE Reference(s) CVE-2009-2169 CVSS available in Customer Area
  

Description

A vulnerability has been reported in the EDraw PDF Viewer ActiveX control, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.

The vulnerability is caused due to the PDFVIEWER.PDFViewerCtrl.1 ActiveX control (pdfviewer.ocx) providing the insecure "FtpDownloadFile()" method. This can be exploited to download files to arbitrary locations on a user's system when visiting a malicious website.

Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code.

The vulnerability is reported in versions prior to 3.2.0.126. Other versions may also be affected.


Solution
Update to the latest version:
Further details available in Customer Area

Provided and/or discovered by
Jambalaya of Nevis Labs

Changelog
Further details available in Customer Area

Original Advisory
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2009-06/0198.html

Deep Links
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