HP Digital Imaging hpqvwocx.dll ActiveX control file overwrite

hp-digital-hpqvwocx-file-overwrite (35288)

Medium Risk

Description:

HP Digital Imaging could allow a remote attacker to overwrite arbitrary files on the system, caused by an error in the hpqvwocx.dll ActiveX control. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability using the SaveToFile method to overwrite or corrupt any known files on the system.

*CVSS:

Base Score:	3.5
Access Vector:	Remote
Access Complexity:	Low
Authentication:	Not Required
Confidentiality Impact:	None
Integrity Impact:	Partial
Availability Impact:	None
Temporal Score:	3
Exploitability:	Proof-Of-Concept
Remediation Level:	Unavailable
Report Confidence:	Uncorroborated

Consequences:

File Manipulation

Remedy:

No remedy available as of June 1, 2013.

References:

• Hewlett-Packard Web site: HP Digital Imaging.
• BID-24793: HP Photo Digital Imaging HPQVWOCX.DLL Arbitrary File Overwrite Vulnerability
• CVE-2007-3649: Absolute path traversal vulnerability in a certain ActiveX control in hpqvwocx.dll 2.1.0.556 in Hewlett-Packard (HP) Digital Imaging allows remote attackers to create or overwrite arbitrary files via the second argument to the SaveToFile method.
• OSVDB ID: 45800: HP Digital Imaging ActiveX (hpqvwocx.dll) SaveToFile Method Arbitrary File Manipulation

Platforms Affected:

• HP hpqvwocx.dll 2.1.0.556

Reported:

Jul 06, 2007

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