Symantec Fax Viewer Control ActiveX Control AppendFax Overflow

high Nessus Plugin ID 38652

Synopsis

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

Description

The version of the Symantec Fax Viewer Control ActiveX control, a component included with Symantec Winfax Pro and installed on the remote Windows host, reportedly contains a stack-based buffer overflow that can be triggered by calling the 'AppendFax' method with an overly long argument. If an attacker can trick a user on the affected host into viewing a specially crafted HTML document, he can leverage this issue to execute arbitrary code on the affected system subject to the user's privileges.

Solution

Remove the affected software as it is no longer supported by Symantec.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 38652

File Name: winfax_activex_appendfax_overflow.nasl

Version: 1.19

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 4/30/2009

Updated: 11/15/2018

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 7.7

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

Core Impact

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-2570

BID: 34766

CWE: 119

Secunia: 34925

Detections

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