VUPEN Security - Anzio Web Print Object "mainurl" Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability / Exploit (Security Advisories)

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Title : Anzio Web Print Object "mainurl" Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Advisory ID : VUPEN/ADV-2008-2417
CVE ID : CVE-2008-3480
CWE ID : CWE-119
Rated as : Critical

Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2008-08-21

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A vulnerability has been identified in Anzio Web Print Object (WePO) ActiveX control, which could be exploited by remote attackers to take complete control of an affected system. This issue is caused by a buffer overflow error when handling an overly long "mainurl" parameter, which could be exploited by remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands by tricking a user into visiting a specially crafted web page.

Credits

Vulnerability reported by Francisco Falcon (Core Security Technologies).

ChangeLog

2008-08-21 : Initial release

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