TBarCode ActiveX control SaveImage command execution

tbarcode-saveimage-command-execution (34826)

Medium Risk

Description:

The TBarCode ActiveX control (TBarCode7.ocx) could allow a remote attacker to execute commands on the system, caused by a vulnerability in the SaveImage function. By creating a specially-crafted Web page, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to delete arbitrary files on the system, including the system.ini file, once the page is opened and the ActiveX control is enabled.

*CVSS:

Base Score:	5.4
Access Vector:	Remote
Access Complexity:	High
Authentication:	Not Required
Confidentiality Impact:	None
Integrity Impact:	Partial
Availability Impact:	Complete
Temporal Score:	4.9
Exploitability:	Functional
Remediation Level:	Unavailable
Report Confidence:	Uncorroborated

Consequences:

Gain Access

Remedy:

Upgrade to the latest version of TBarCode ActiveX control (8 or later), available from the TBarCode ActiveX control Web site. See References.

Per the vendor, the TBarCode8 ActiveX Control is now site-locked. By default only web-sites from the Internet Explorer zones "local machine", "trusted sites" and "local intranet" are able to use the complete functionality.

References:

• TBarCode ActiveX control Web site: Barcode Software - bar code activeX, DLL, SAP R/3 bar coding, ean, upc, code 39, code 128....
• BID-24440: TEC-IT TBarCode OCX ActiveX Control Arbitrary File Overwrite Vulnerability
• CVE-2007-3233: The TEC-IT TBarCode OCX ActiveX control (TBarCode7.ocx) 7.0.2.3524 allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via the SaveImage method.
• SA25643: TEC-IT TBarCode TBarCode7 ActiveX Control "SaveImage()" Insecure Method
• VUPEN/ADV-2007-2167: TEC-IT TBarCode ActiveX Control SaveImage() Arbitrary File Overwrite Vulnerability

Platforms Affected:

• TEC-IT TBarCode OCX 7.0.2.3524

Reported:

Jun 12, 2007

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