EDraw Office Viewer Component officeviewer.ocx ActiveX control file overwrite
| edrawviewer-officeviewer-file-overwrite (36055) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
The EDraw Office Viewer Component ActiveX control (officeviewer.ocx) could allow a remote attacker to overwrite arbitrary files on the system. By persuading a victim to visit a malicious Web site, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using the HttpDownloadFile() function to overwrite and corrupt arbitrary files on the system.
*CVSS:
| Base Score: | 6 |
| Access Vector: | Remote |
| Access Complexity: | High |
| Authentication: | Not Required |
| Confidentiality Impact: | None |
| Integrity Impact: | Complete |
| Availability Impact: | Complete |
| Temporal Score: | 5.4 |
| Exploitability: | Functional |
| Remediation Level: | Unavailable |
| Report Confidence: | Uncorroborated |
Consequences:
File Manipulation
Remedy:
No remedy available as of June 1, 2013.
References:
- EDraw Office Viewer Component Web site: Web Office - Create Office Online Application with Office OCX, Free Download.
- BID-25344: EDraw Office Viewer Component ActiveX Control Arbitrary File Overwrite Vulnerability
- CVE-2007-4420: Absolute path traversal vulnerability in a certain ActiveX control in officeviewer.ocx 5.1.199.1 in EDraw Office Viewer Component 5.1 allows remote attackers to create or overwrite arbitrary files via a full pathname in the second argument to the HttpDownloadFile method, a different vulnerability than CVE-2007-3168 and CVE-2007-3169.
- OSVDB ID: 38415: EDraw Flowchart EDIMAGE.EDImageCtrl ActiveX (EDImage.ocx) HttpDownloadFile() Method Arbitrary File Overwrite
- OSVDB ID: 38794: EDraw Office Viewer Component ActiveX (officeviewer.ocx) HttpDownloadFile Method Traversal Arbitrary File Overwrite
Platforms Affected:
- Office OCX EDraw Office Viewer Component ActiveX 5.1.199.1
Reported:
Aug 16, 2007
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