Microsoft Visual Studio PDWizard ActiveX control code execution
| visualstudio-pdwizard-code-execution (36572) |  High Risk |
Description:
The Microsoft Visual Studio PDWizard ActiveX control (PDWizard.ocx) could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by a vulnerability related to insecure usage of the StartProcess(), SyncShell(), SaveAs(), CABDefaultURL(), CABFileName(), CABRunFile() methods. By persuading a victim to visit a specially-crafted Web page or open a specially-crafted HTML file, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system with the privileges of the application using the vulnerable ActiveX control.
Platforms Affected:
- Microsoft, Visual Studio 6.0
- Microsoft, Visual Studio PDWizard ActiveX Control 6.0.0.9782
Remedy:
No remedy available as of November 29, 2008.
Consequences:
Gain Access
References:
- Microsoft Corporation Web site, Microsoft Visual Studio at http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/default.aspx.
- BID-25638: Microsoft Visual Studio PDWizard.ocx ActiveX Control Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2007-4891: A certain ActiveX control in PDWizard.ocx 6.0.0.9782 and earlier in Microsoft Visual Studio 6.0 exposes dangerous (1) StartProcess, (2) SyncShell, (3) SaveAs, (4) CABDefaultURL, (5) CABFileName, and (6) CABRunFile methods, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary programs and have other impacts, as demonstrated using absolute pathnames in arguments to StartProcess and SyncShell.
- SA26779: Microsoft Visual Studio Two ActiveX Controls Insecure Methods
Reported:
Sep 11, 2007
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