Vantage Linguistics AnswerWorks ActiveX control buffer overflow
| vantage-answerworks-bo (39004) |  High Risk |
Description:
Vantage Linguistics AnswerWorks ActiveX control (awApi4.dll) is vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow. By persuading a victim to visit a specially-crafted Web page that passes overly long arguments to the GetHistory(), GetSeedQuery() and SetSeedQuery() methods, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system with the privileges of the victim or cause the victim's browser to crash.
Note: This vulnerability also affects multiple Intuit products.
*CVSS:
| Base Score: | 9.3 |
| Access Vector: | Network |
| Access Complexity: | Medium |
| Authentication: | None |
| Confidentiality Impact: | Complete |
| Integrity Impact: | Complete |
| Availability Impact: | Complete |
| Temporal Score: | 7.7 |
| Exploitability: | Functional |
| Remediation Level: | Official-Fix |
| Report Confidence: | Confirmed |
Consequences:
Gain Access
Remedy:
For Vantage Linguistics:
Apply the AnswerWorks security patch, available from the Vantage Linguistics Web site. See References.
For Intuit:
Apply the AnswerWorks Minimal security patch, available from the Intuit Web site. See References.
References:
- Intuit Web site: Customer Notification.
- Intuit Web site: Important security update.
- Vantage Linguistics Web site: Security Vulnerabilty Patch for AnswerWorks Desktop Help Search.
- BID-26815: Vantage Linguistics AnswerWorks ActiveX Controls Multiple Unspecified Vulnerabilities
- BID-26819: Intuit QuickBooks Online Edition ActiveX Controls Multiple Unspecified Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2007-6387: Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the awApi4.AnswerWorks.1 ActiveX control in awApi4.dll 4.0.0.42, as used by Vantage Linguistics AnswerWorks, and Intuit Clearly Bookkeeping, ProSeries, QuickBooks, Quicken, QuickTax, and TurboTax, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via long arguments to the (1) GetHistory, (2) GetSeedQuery, (3) SetSeedQuery, and possibly other methods. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
- SA26566: Vantage Linguistics AnswerWorks 4 API ActiveX Control Buffer Overflow
- SA26670: Intuit Products AnswerWorks ActiveX Control Buffer Overflow
- VUPEN/ADV-2007-4194: Vantage Linguistics AnswerWorks AWAPI4.dll Remote Vulnerabilities
- VUPEN/ADV-2007-4195: Intuit Products AWAPI4.dll ActiveX Control Code Execution Vulnerabilities
Platforms Affected:
- Intuit Intuit Clearly Bookkeeping 2003
- Intuit Intuit Clearly Bookkeeping 2004
- Intuit Intuit ProSeries 2003
- Intuit Intuit ProSeries 2004
- Intuit Intuit ProSeries 2005
- Intuit Intuit ProSeries 2006
- Intuit QuickBooks 2003
- Intuit QuickBooks 2004
- Intuit QuickBooks 2005
- Intuit QuickBooks 2006
- Intuit QuickBooks 2007
- Intuit QuickBooks Basic 2005
- Intuit QuickBooks Basic 2006
- Intuit QuickBooks Basic 2007
- Intuit QuickBooks Credit Card Processing Kit
- Intuit QuickBooks Enterprise 2005
- Intuit QuickBooks Enterprise 2006
- Intuit QuickBooks Enterprise 2007
- Intuit QuickBooks Invoice Manager
- Intuit QuickBooks Pro 2005
- Intuit QuickBooks Pro 2006
- Intuit QuickBooks Pro 2007
- Intuit QuickBooks Simple Start 2005
- Intuit QuickBooks Simple Start 2006
- Intuit QuickBooks Simple Start 2007
- Intuit Quicken 2008
- Intuit QuickTax 2003
- Intuit QuickTax 2004
- Intuit QuickTax 2005
- Intuit QuickTax 2006
- Intuit TurboTax 2003
- Intuit TurboTax 2004
- Intuit TurboTax 2005
- Intuit TurboTax 2006
- Vantage Linguistics Vantage Linguistics AnswerWorks 3.0.0.0 - 4.0.0.100
- Vantage Linguistics Vantage Linguistics AnswerWorks 4.0.0.42
- Vantage Linguistics Vantage Linguistics AnswerWorks 5.0.0.0 - 5.0.0.6
Reported:
Dec 11, 2007
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