Multiple vulnerabilities were identified in Sony CD First4Internet XCP uninstallation ActiveX control, which could be exploited by attackers to execute arbitrary commands. These flaws are due to a design error in the "CodeSupport.ocx" ActiveX control that supports insecure methods, which could be exploited by remote attackers to compromise or reboot a vulnerable system by convincing a user to visit a specially crafted Web page [...]
Solution
Set a kill bit for the CLSIDs {80E8743E-8AC5-46F1-96A0-59FA30740C51} and {4EA7C4C5-C5C0-4F5C-A008-8293505F71CC} :
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/240797
Credits
Vulnerability reported by J. Alex Halderman, Ed Felten and Muzzy.
ChangeLog
2005-11-16 : Initial release
2005-11-17 : Updated Solution (new CLSID)
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