I-Nav VUpdater.Install ActiveX Buffer Overflow

high Nessus Plugin ID 21336

Synopsis

The remote Windows host has an ActiveX control that is affected by a buffer overflow vulnerability.

Description

The remote host contains an ActiveX control, 'VUpdater.Install', associated with Verisign I-Nav, which provides support for Internationalized Domain Names in Microsoft Internet Explorer, Outlook and Outlook Express that reportedly contains a buffer overflow vulnerability that arises when processing CAB files. A remote attacker may be able to leverage this issue to specify an arbitrary executable to be run subject to the privileges of the current user.

Solution

Download the latest version of the software from the vendor.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 21336

File Name: vupdater_install_activex_overflow.nasl

Version: 1.17

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 5/11/2006

Updated: 11/15/2018

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 6.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Vulnerability Information

Required KB Items: SMB/Registry/Enumerated

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/10/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-2273

BID: 17939

Detections

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