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Sony VAIO Wireless Manager ActiveX Control WifiMan.dll Multiple Buffer Overflows

high Nessus Plugin ID 60109

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Synopsis

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

Description

The Sony VAIO Wireless Manager ActiveX control installed on the remote Windows host is affected by buffer overflow vulnerabilities in 'SetTmpProfileOption()' and 'ConnectToNetWokrkOption()' in WifiMan.dll. By tricking a victim into visiting a specially crafted page, an attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code on the host.

Solution

Either set the kill bit for the control or upgrade to version 5.7.0 of the control.

See Also

https://www.htbridge.com/advisory/HTB23063

http://www.nessus.org/u?051362c9

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 60109

File Name: vaio_wireless_manager_activex_bof.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 7/24/2012

Updated: 8/6/2018

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 7.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:sony:vaio_easy_connect

Required KB Items: SMB/Registry/Enumerated

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/20/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/30/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-0985

BID: 53735