---------------------------------------------------------------------- Ovum says ad hoc tools are out-dated. The best practice approach? Fast vulnerability intelligence, threat handling, and setup in one tool. Read the new report on the Secunia VIM: http://secunia.com/products/corporate/vim/ovum_2011_request/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: PROMOTIC Directory Traversal and ActiveX Control Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities SECUNIA ADVISORY ID: SA46430 VERIFY ADVISORY: Secunia.com http://secunia.com/advisories/46430/ Customer Area (Credentials Required) https://ca.secunia.com/?page=viewadvisory&vuln_id=46430 RELEASE DATE: 2011-10-14 DISCUSS ADVISORY: http://secunia.com/advisories/46430/#comments AVAILABLE ON SITE AND IN CUSTOMER AREA: * Last Update * Popularity * Comments * Criticality Level * Impact * Where * Solution Status * Operating System / Software * CVE Reference(s) http://secunia.com/advisories/46430/ ONLY AVAILABLE IN CUSTOMER AREA: * Authentication Level * Report Reliability * Secunia PoC * Secunia Analysis * Systems Affected * Approve Distribution * Remediation Status * Secunia CVSS Score * CVSS https://ca.secunia.com/?page=viewadvisory&vuln_id=46430 ONLY AVAILABLE WITH SECUNIA CSI AND SECUNIA PSI: * AUTOMATED SCANNING http://secunia.com/vulnerability_scanning/personal/ http://secunia.com/vulnerability_scanning/corporate/wsus_sccm_3rd_third_party_patching/ DESCRIPTION: Luigi Auriemma has discovered multiple vulnerabilities in PROMOTIC, which can be exploited by malicious people to disclose potentially sensitive information and compromise a user's system. 1) Input passed via the URL within the "/webdir/" directory is not properly verified before being used to read files and can be exploited to disclose arbitrary files via directory traversal attacks. 2) A boundary error in the "SaveCfg()" method within the PmTrendViewer ActiveX control can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow via an overly long string passed in the "vCfg" parameter. 3) A boundary error in the "AddTrend()" method within the PmTrendViewer ActiveX control can be exploited to cause a heap-based buffer overflow via an overly long string passed in the "sID" parameter. Successful exploitation of vulnerabilities #2 and #3 allows execution of arbitrary code. The vulnerabilities are confirmed in version 8.1.3. Other versions may also be affected. SOLUTION: Restrict access to trusted hosts only. Set the kill-bit for the affected ActiveX control. PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY: Luigi Auriemma ORIGINAL ADVISORY: http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/promotic_1-adv.txt OTHER REFERENCES: Further details available in Customer Area: http://secunia.com/vulnerability_intelligence/ DEEP LINKS: Further details available in Customer Area: http://secunia.com/vulnerability_intelligence/ EXTENDED DESCRIPTION: Further details available in Customer Area: http://secunia.com/vulnerability_intelligence/ EXTENDED SOLUTION: Further details available in Customer Area: http://secunia.com/vulnerability_intelligence/ EXPLOIT: Further details available in Customer Area: http://secunia.com/vulnerability_intelligence/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- About: This Advisory was delivered by Secunia as a free service to help private users keeping their systems up to date against the latest vulnerabilities. Subscribe: http://secunia.com/advisories/secunia_security_advisories/ Definitions: (Criticality, Where etc.) http://secunia.com/advisories/about_secunia_advisories/ Please Note: Secunia recommends that you verify all advisories you receive by clicking the link. Secunia NEVER sends attached files with advisories. Secunia does not advise people to install third party patches, only use those supplied by the vendor. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: Secunia Security Advisories http://secunia.com/sec_adv_unsubscribe/?email=packet%40packetstormsecurity.org ----------------------------------------------------------------------