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Common Name:
Creative Software AutoUpdate Engine ActiveX stack buffer overflow
Date Disclosed:
5/26/2008
Expected Patch Release:
Mid-June, 2008
Vendor:
Creative Labs
Application:
The Creative Labs AutoUpdate Engine ActiveX is included by default with many hardware devices that Creative Labs distributes.
Description:
The Creative Software AutoUpdate Engine ActiveX control is a component that provides automatic update capabilities to Creative Labs software. This ActiveX control is provided by the file CTSUEng.ocx. The Create Software AutoUpdate Engine ActiveX control is marked Safe For Scripting and Safe For Initialization, which means that a web page in Internet Explorer has the ability to interact with the control. This ActiveX control contains a stack buffer overflow in the CacheFolder property.
Exploit code for this vulnerability is publicly available.
Severity:
High
Code Execution:
Yes
Impact:
Arbitrary code execution under the context of the logged in user
ActiveX remote code execution vulnerabilities have very high impacts since the source of the malicious payload can be any site on the Internet. An even more critical problem is generated when clients are administrators on their local hosts, which would run the malicious payload with Administrator credentials.
Mitigation:
The best form of mitigation is available by kill-bitting the CLSID for the Creative Labs AutoUpdate Engine ActiveX Control (0A5FD7C5-A45C-49FC-ADB5-9952547D5715) following the directions of KB240797. This will disable calls to these ActiveX controls from web pages, thereby mitigating these specific vulnerabilities.
Protection:
US-CERT Advisory: Vulnerability Note VU#501843
Original Proof-Of-Concept (Code Execution - Calc.exe)
First Recognition from Creative Labs Regarding Vulnerability
Status:
1/2008 through 5/2008 Vendor contact attempted by eEye Research and US-CERT
5/26/2008 US-CERT Advisory Published
5/28/2008 In-The-Wild Exploitation Witnessed
Common Name:
Creative Software AutoUpdate Engine ActiveX stack buffer overflow
Date Disclosed:
5/26/2008
Expected Patch Release:
Mid-June, 2008
Vendor:
Creative Labs
Application:
The Creative Labs AutoUpdate Engine ActiveX is included by default with many hardware devices that Creative Labs distributes.
Description:
The Creative Software AutoUpdate Engine ActiveX control is a component that provides automatic update capabilities to Creative Labs software. This ActiveX control is provided by the file CTSUEng.ocx. The Create Software AutoUpdate Engine ActiveX control is marked Safe For Scripting and Safe For Initialization, which means that a web page in Internet Explorer has the ability to interact with the control. This ActiveX control contains a stack buffer overflow in the CacheFolder property.
Exploit code for this vulnerability is publicly available.
Severity:
High
Code Execution:
Yes
Impact:
Arbitrary code execution under the context of the logged in user
ActiveX remote code execution vulnerabilities have very high impacts since the source of the malicious payload can be any site on the Internet. An even more critical problem is generated when clients are administrators on their local hosts, which would run the malicious payload with Administrator credentials.
Mitigation:
The best form of mitigation is available by kill-bitting the CLSID for the Creative Labs AutoUpdate Engine ActiveX Control (0A5FD7C5-A45C-49FC-ADB5-9952547D5715) following the directions of KB240797. This will disable calls to these ActiveX controls from web pages, thereby mitigating these specific vulnerabilities.
Protection:
- eEye's Blink® Personal Edition protects from this vulnerability.
- eEye's Blink® Professional Edition protects from this vulnerability.
- eEye's Retina® Network Security Scanner scans devices to detect for this vulnerability.
US-CERT Advisory: Vulnerability Note VU#501843
Original Proof-Of-Concept (Code Execution - Calc.exe)
First Recognition from Creative Labs Regarding Vulnerability
Status:
1/2008 through 5/2008 Vendor contact attempted by eEye Research and US-CERT
5/26/2008 US-CERT Advisory Published
5/28/2008 In-The-Wild Exploitation Witnessed
