Autodesk IDrop ActiveX control buffer overflow

idrop-activex-bo (49642)

High Risk

Description:

The Autodesk IDrop ActiveX control (IDrop.ocx) is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow. By persuading a victim to visit a specially-crafted Web page that passes overly long arguments to the Src, Background, and PackageXml properties, 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:	8
Exploitability:	Proof-of-Concept
Remediation Level:	Unavailable
Report Confidence:	Uncorroborated

Consequences:

Gain Access

Remedy:

No remedy available as of May 1, 2013.

References:

• Autodesk Web site: Autodesk - AutoCAD Services & Support - i-drop Indicato.
• Full-Disclosure Mailing List, Thu Apr 02 2009 - 14:00:06 CDT : Autodesk IDrop ActiveX Control Heap Corruption Vulnerability.
• BID-34352: Autodesk IDrop ActiveX Control 'IDrop.ocx' Multiple Heap Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities
• OSVDB ID: 53265: Autodesk I-drop Indicator idrop.idrop.2 ActiveX (IDrop.ocx) Multiple Property Memory Corruption
• SA34563: Autodesk I-drop Indicator ActiveX Control Memory Corruption
• SECTRACK ID: 1021969: Autodesk i-drop ActiveX Control Heap Corruption Bugs Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code

Platforms Affected:

• Autodesk IDrop 17.1.51.160

Reported:

Apr 02, 2009

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