PT-2007-1187 · America Online · Superbuddy Activex Control+1

Cody Pierce · Published 2007-04-02 · Updated 2018-10-17 · CVE-2006-5820

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

9.3

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: America Online version 9.0 Security Edition

Description: The issue concerns the LinkSBIcons method in the SuperBuddy ActiveX control, which dereferences an arbitrary function pointer. This allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a modified pointer value.

Recommendations: For America Online version 9.0 Security Edition, consider disabling the LinkSBIcons method in the SuperBuddy ActiveX control as a temporary workaround until a patch is available.

Exploit

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2006-5820

Affected Products

America Online

Superbuddy Activex Control

References · 11

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/3662 · Exploit
• http://tippingpoint.com/security/advisories/TSRT-07-03.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-5820 · Security Note
• http://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/478225 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/24714 · Note
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2513 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33347 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/23224 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/464313/100/0/threaded · Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1184 · Note
• http://osvdb.org/34318 · Note