Panda ActiveScan Activescan.1 ActiveX control denial of service

pandaactivescan-activescan-dos (30317)

Medium Risk

Description:

The Panda ActiveScan ActiveX control (ActiveScan.1) is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a vulnerability in the Reinicializar method. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to reboot the system, if the attacker could persuade the victim to visit a malicious Web site.

*CVSS:

Base Score:	2.8
Access Vector:	Remote
Access Complexity:	High
Authentication:	Not Required
Confidentiality Impact:	None
Integrity Impact:	None
Availability Impact:	Partial
Temporal Score:	2.1
Exploitability:	Unproven
Remediation Level:	Official-Fix
Report Confidence:	Confirmed

Consequences:

Denial of Service

Remedy:

Apply the patch for this vulnerability, available from the Panda ActiveScan Web site. See References.

References:

• Panda ActiveScan Web page: Panda ActiveScan - Free online antivirus to combat viruses, spyware and other Internet threats.
• BID-21132: Panda ActiveScan ActiveX Controls Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities
• CVE-2006-5966: Panda ActiveScan 5.53.00, and other versions before 5.54.01, allows remote attackers to (1) reboot the system using the Reinicializar method in the ActiveScan.1 ActiveX control, or (2) determine arbitrary file existence and size via the ObtenerTamano method in the PAVPZ.SOS.1 ActiveX control.
• SA21763: Panda ActiveScan Multiple Vulnerabilities
• VUPEN/ADV-2006-4536: Panda ActiveScan Command Execution and Information Disclosure Vulnerabilities

Platforms Affected:

• Panda Software Panda ActiveScan prior to 5.54.01

Reported:

Nov 16, 2006

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