QuickBooks Online Edition ActiveX control file overwrite
| quickbooks-activex-file-overwrite (36464) |  High Risk |
Description:
The QuickBooks Online Edition ActiveX control could allow a remote attacker to overwrite or download arbitrary files on the system, caused by a vulnerability in multiple functions, including the httpGETToFile() and httpPOSTFromFile() function. By persuading a victim to visit a specially-crafted Web page, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to overwrite, corrupt, and download arbitrary files on the system.
*CVSS:
| Base Score: | 8.8 |
| Access Vector: | Network |
| Access Complexity: | Medium |
| Authentication: | None |
| Confidentiality Impact: | None |
| Integrity Impact: | Complete |
| Availability Impact: | Complete |
| Temporal Score: | 6.5 |
| 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-2007-4471: Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the Intuit QuickBooks Online Edition ActiveX control before 10 allow remote attackers to create or overwrite arbitrary files via unspecified arguments to the (1) httpGETToFile, (2) httpPOSTFromFile, and possibly other methods, probably involving path traversal vulnerabilities in exposed dangerous methods. NOTE: this can be leveraged for code execution by writing to a Startup folder.
- SA26659: Intuit QuickBooks Online Edition ActiveX Control Multiple Vulnerabilities
- US-CERT VU#979638: Intuit QuickBooks Online Edition ActiveX control fails to properly restrict access to methods
Platforms Affected:
- Intuit QuickBooks Online Edition ActiveX 9 and prior
Reported:
Sep 04, 2007
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