Alipay PTA ActiveX control module code execution

alipay-activex-code-execution (32367)

High Risk

Description:

The Alipay PTA ActiveX control module could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by improper validation by the PTA.DLL control. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by persuading a victim to visit a specially-crafted Web page that passes a malicious argument to the Remove() method.

*CVSS:

Base Score:	8
Access Vector:	Remote
Access Complexity:	High
Authentication:	Not Required
Confidentiality Impact:	Complete
Integrity Impact:	Complete
Availability Impact:	Complete
Temporal Score:	7.2
Exploitability:	Functional
Remediation Level:	Unavailable
Report Confidence:	Uncorroborated

Consequences:

Gain Access

Remedy:

No remedy available as of July 9, 2011.

References:

• Alipay Web site: Alipay. (Web site is in Chinese)
• BID-22446: Alipay Password Input ActiveX Control Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
• CVE-2007-0827: The Alibaba Alipay PTA Module ActiveX control (PTA.DLL) allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a JavaScript function that invokes the Remove method with an invalid index argument, which is used as an offset for a function call.
• SA24063: Alipay PTA Module ActiveX Control Code Execution Vulnerability
• VUPEN/ADV-2007-0520: Alipay PTA Module ActiveX Control Remove() Method Code Execution Vulnerability

Platforms Affected:

• Alibaba Alipay PTA module 2.4.2.471 and prior

Reported:

Feb 06, 2007

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