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F-Secure Vulnerability Information :
Ultra Office ActiveX Control Multiple Vulnerabilities

[Summary] | [Detailed Description] | [Solution] | [CVE Reference]

Report ID:SA31632
Source:Secunia
Date of Discovery:29.08.2008
Criticality:Urgent
Affects:

Ultra Office Control 2.x

Compromise From:From remote
Compromise Type:System access
Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities has been discovered in Ultra Office Control, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user"s system.

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Detailed Description

Multiple vulnerabilities has been discovered in Ultra Office Control, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user"s system.


1) A boundary error exists in the Ultra.OfficeControl ActiveX control (OfficeCtrl.ocx) when handling parameters received by the "HttpUpload()" method. This can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow by e.g. tricking a user into visiting a malicious website.

2) The "Save()" method provided by the Ultra.OfficeControl ActiveX control (OfficeCtrl.ocx) allows attackers to overwrite arbitrary files on a user"s system by e.g. tricking a user into visiting a malicious website.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerabilities may allow execution of arbitrary code.

The vulnerabilities are reported in version 2.0.2008.501. Other versions may also be affected.

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Solution

Set the kill-bit for the affected ActiveX control.

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CVE Reference
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