Aurigma ImageUploader 4.1 ActiveX control buffer overflow

aurigma-imageuploader41-bo (40152) The risk level is classified as HighHigh Risk

Description:

The Aurigma ImageUploader 4.1 ActiveX control (ImageUploader4.ocx) is vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow. By persuading a victim to visit a specially-crafted Web page that passes an overly long string to the Action property, 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.

*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:

Upgrade to the latest version of Aurigma ImageUploader (5.0 or later), available from the Aurigma Web site. See References.

References:

  • Aurigma Blog, 31 January 2008, 13:51: Another security problem - oh, not again.
  • Aurigma Web site: Image Uploader.
  • BugTraq Mailing List, Wed Mar 19 2008 - 20:53:56 CDT: Pizco vulnerable to buffer overflow in activex.
  • BID-27533: MySpace Uploader 'MySpaceUploader.ocx' ActiveX Control Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
  • BID-27539: Aurigma Image Uploader 'ImageUploader4.ocx' ActiveX Control Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
  • BID-27577: Aurigma Image Uploader ActiveX Controls 'ExtractIptc/ExtractExif' Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities
  • BID-28354: Piczo Fast Picture Uploader 'ImageUploader4.ocx' ActiveX Control Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
  • CVE-2008-0659: Stack-based buffer overflow in Aurigma Image Uploader ActiveX control (ImageUploader4.ocx) 4.5.70 and earlier, as used in MySpace MySpaceUploader.ocx 1.0.0.4, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long Action property.
  • CVE-2008-1490: Buffer overflow in a certain Aurigma ActiveX control in ImageUploader4.ocx 4.1.36.0, as used with Piczo (aka Pizco) and possibly other online services, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, possibly involving a long Action property, a different CLSID than CVE-2008-0659.
  • SA28715: MySpace Uploader Control ActiveX Control Property Handling Buffer Overflow
  • SA28733: Aurigma Image Uploader ActiveX Control "Action" Property Buffer Overflow
  • SA29445: Piczo Image Uploader ActiveX Control Buffer Overflows
  • SECTRACK ID: 1019297: Aurigma Image Uploader Buffer Overflows in ExtractExif() and ExtractIptc() Functions Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
  • US-CERT VU#776931: Aurigma ImageUploader ActiveX control stack buffer overflows
  • VUPEN/ADV-2008-0344: MySpace Uploader ActiveX Control Remote Code Execution Issues
  • VUPEN/ADV-2008-0345: Aurigma Image Uploader Control Library Action Remote Code Execution

Platforms Affected:

  • Aurigma Aurigma ImageUploader ActiveX control 4.5.70.0

Reported:

Jan 31, 2008

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