InstallShield InstallScript One-Click Install ActiveX Control code execution
| installshield-oneclick-code-execution (41558) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
The InstallShield InstallScript One-Click Install ActiveX Control could allow a remote attacker to execute code on the system. By persuading a victim to visit a malicious Web site, a remote attacker could download and load a malicious library, which could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system with the privileges of the victim.
Platforms Affected:
- Macrovision, InstallShield InstallScript One-Click Install ActiveX Control 12
Remedy:
Apply the patch for this vulnerability (OCIHotFix), available from the Macrovision Support Web site. See References.
Consequences:
Gain Access
References:
- iDefense Labs PUBLIC ADVISORY: 03.31.08, Macrovision InstallShield InstallScript One-Click Install Untrusted Library Loading Vulnerability at http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=649.
- Macrovision Support Web site, Q113640: HOTFIX: InstallShield 12 One-Click Install Security Flaw at http://knowledge.macrovision.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?cmd=displayKC&externalId=Q113640.
- BID-28533: Macrovision InstallShield InstallScript OCI Untrusted Library Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- CVE-2007-5661: The Macrovision InstallShield InstallScript One-Click Install (OCI) ActiveX control 12.0 before SP2 does not validate the DLL files that are named as parameters to the control, which allows remote attackers to download arbitrary library code onto a client machine.
- SA29549: Macrovision InstallShield InstallScript One-Click Install ActiveX Control Code Execution
- SECTRACK ID: 1019735: InstallShield ActiveX Control Lets Remote Users Load and Execute Arbitrary Code
- VUPEN/ADV-2008-1049: Macrovision InstallShield One-Click Install ActiveX Vulnerability
Reported:
Mar 31, 2008
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