PT-2007-5175 · Microsoft+1 · Internet Explorer+1

Jared Demott · Published 2007-07-24 · Updated 2017-09-29 · CVE-2007-3955

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.8

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: LinkedIn Toolbar version 3.0.2.1098

Description: The issue is related to a buffer overflow in the IEToolbar.IEContextMenu.1 ActiveX control in LinkedInIEToolbar.dll. This can be exploited by remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long second argument (varBrowser argument) to the search method.

Recommendations: For LinkedIn Toolbar version 3.0.2.1098, consider disabling the search method in the IEToolbar.IEContextMenu.1 ActiveX control as a temporary workaround until a patch is available. Restrict access to the LinkedInIEToolbar.dll to minimize the risk of exploitation. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Related Identifiers

CVE-2007-3955

Affected Products

Internet Explorer

Linkedin Toolbar

References · 8

• 🔥 http://securityfocus.com/bid/25032 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/4217 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-3955 · Security Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/26181 · Vendor Advisory
• http://vdalabs.com/tools/linkedin.html · Note
• http://osvdb.org/37696 · Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2620 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35578 · Note