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CERT-In Vulnerability Note CIVN-2008-115
Trend Micro OfficeScan Web-Deployment ObjRemoveCtrl Class Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities

Original Issue Date: August 05, 2008

Severity Rating: High

System Affected

  • Trend Micro OfficeScan Corporate Edition 7.x

Overview

Multiple Buffer Overflow vulnerabilities have been reported in Trend Micro OfficeScan ObjRemoveCtrl ActiveX control. This vulnerability could be exploited by a remote attacker to gain access into a vulnerable system by executing arbitrary code.

Description

Trend Micro OfficeScan's Web Console utilizes several ActiveX controls when deploying the product through the web interface. An ActiveX control named “ objRemoveCtrl ” in OfficeScanRemoveCtrl.dll is vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflows when embedded within a webpage.

A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability, by enticing a user to visit a specially crafted web page that passes an overly long argument to the vulnerable properties, which causes the buffer to overflow and leads to the execution of arbitrary code on the system.

Workaround

Set the kill-bit for the affected ActiveX control.
For more information about how to set the kill bit:
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/240797

References

NEOHAPSIS http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2008-07/0509.html

X-Force
http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/44042

FrSIRT
http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2008/2220/references

SecurityTracker http://securitytracker.com/alerts/2008/Jul/1020569.html

Secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/31277/

SecurityFocus
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30407/info

CVE Name
CVE-2008-3364

Disclaimer

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Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In)
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