Facebook Photo Uploader ActiveX Control < 4.5.57.1 Multiple Buffer Overflows

high Nessus Plugin ID 30152

Synopsis

The remote Windows host has an ActiveX control that is affected by multiple buffer overflow vulnerabilities.

Description

The remote host contains a version of the Facebook Photo Uploader ActiveX control that reportedly is affected by multiple buffer overflows involving, for example, long arguments to the control's 'ExtractExif', 'ExtractIptc', and 'FileMask' properties. If a remote attacker can trick a user on the affected host into visiting a specially crafted web page, this issue could be leveraged to execute arbitrary code on the affected host subject to the user's privileges.

Solution

Upgrade to Facebook Photo Uploader version 4.5.57.1 or later as it is rumored to resolve the issues.

See Also

https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2008/Feb/23

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 30152

File Name: facebook_photo_uploader_4_5_57_1_activex_overflows.nasl

Version: 1.23

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 2/5/2008

Updated: 11/15/2018

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 8.1

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

Vulnerability Information

Required KB Items: SMB/Registry/Enumerated

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Exploitable With

CANVAS (D2ExploitPack)

Core Impact

Metasploit (Facebook Photo Uploader 4 ActiveX Control Buffer Overflow)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-0660, CVE-2008-5711

BID: 27534, 27576, 27756

CWE: 119

Secunia: 28713