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Creative Software AutoUpdate Engine ActiveX (CTSUEng.ocx) Unspecified Overflow

high Nessus Plugin ID 32442

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote host contains the Creative Software AutoUpdate Engine ActiveX control, which is used to automatically update Creative Labs software.

The version of this control installed on the remote host reportedly contains an unspecified stack-based buffer overflow. If an attacker can trick a user on the affected host into viewing a specially crafted HTML document, this method could be leveraged to execute arbitrary code on the affected system subject to the user's privileges.

Solution

Unknown at this time.

See Also

https://www.beyondtrust.com/resources/blog/research/

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 32442

File Name: ctsu_autoupdate_activex_overflow.nasl

Version: 1.22

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 5/28/2008

Updated: 11/15/2018

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.5

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 (Creative Software AutoUpdate Engine ActiveX Control Buffer Overflow)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-0955

BID: 29391

CWE: 119

CERT: 501843

Secunia: 30403