Security Advisory SA38716 - Datev DVBSExeCall ActiveX Control "ExecuteExe()" Vulnerability

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Secunia Advisory SA38716

Datev DVBSExeCall ActiveX Control "ExecuteExe()" Vulnerability

Secunia Advisory

SA38716

Release Date

2010-02-25

Last Update

2010-03-04

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Criticality level

Highly critical

Impact

System access

Where

From remote

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Solution Status

Vendor Patch

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Software:

Datev DVBSExeCall ActiveX Control 1.x

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CVE Reference(s)

CVE-2010-0689 CVSS score available to Secunia VIM customers

Description

Nikolas Sotiriu has reported a vulnerability in the Datev DVBSExeCall ActiveX control, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.

The vulnerability is caused due to the DVBSExeCall.ocx ActiveX control providing the "ExecuteExe()" method. This can be exploited to execute arbitrary commands by tricking a user into visiting a malicious webpage.

The vulnerability is reported in version 1.0.0.1. Other versions may also be affected.

Solution
Apply vendor patch. Please see the vendor's advisory for more information.

Provided and/or discovered by
Nikolas Sotiriu

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Original Advisory
Datev:
http://www.datev.de/inus2/inus?handler=doc&type=0&docnr=1080162&outfmt=default&acc=1

Nikolas Sotiriu:
http://sotiriu.de/adv/NSOADV-2010-003.txt

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