QuickBooks Online Edition ActiveX control buffer overflow

quickbooks-activex-bo (36462)

High Risk

Description:

The QuickBooks Online Edition ActiveX control is vulnerable to multiple stack-based buffer overflows. By persuading a victim to open a specially-crafted Web page, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system with the victim's privileges or cause the browser to crash.

*CVSS:

Base Score:	9.3
Access Vector:	Network
Access Complexity:	Medium
Authentication:	None
Confidentiality Impact:	Complete
Integrity Impact:	Complete
Availability Impact:	Complete
Temporal Score:	6.9
Exploitability:	Unproven
Remediation Level:	Official-Fix
Report Confidence:	Confirmed

Consequences:

Gain Access

Remedy:

Upgrade to the latest version of the QuickBooks Online Edition ActiveX control (10 or later), available from the QuickBooks Online Edition Web site. See References.

References:

• QuickBooks Online Edition Web site: Online Accounting Solutions and Professional Internet Accounting Software - QuickBooks OE | Home.
• BID-25544: Intuit QuickBooks Online Edition ActiveX Controls Multiple Vulnerabilities
• CVE-2007-0322: Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the Intuit QuickBooks Online Edition ActiveX control before 10 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.
• SA26659: Intuit QuickBooks Online Edition ActiveX Control Multiple Vulnerabilities
• US-CERT VU#907481: Intuit QuickBooks Online Edition ActiveX control stack buffer overflows

Platforms Affected:

• Intuit QuickBooks Online Edition ActiveX 9 and prior

Reported:

Sep 04, 2007

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