PT-2008-1745 · Microsoft+1 · Internet Explorer+1

Shir · Published 2008-01-03 · Updated 2021-07-23 · CVE-2008-0090

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions DivX Player version 6.6.0

Description A certain ActiveX control in npUpload.dll allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, which can lead to an Internet Explorer 7 crash, via a long argument to the SetPassword method.

Recommendations For DivX Player version 6.6.0, consider disabling the SetPassword method as a temporary workaround until a patch is available. Restrict access to the npUpload.dll module to minimize the risk of exploitation. Avoid using long arguments in the SetPassword method until the issue is resolved.

Exploit

Fix

DoS

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-0090

Affected Products

Divx Player

Internet Explorer

References · 6

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/4829 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://securityfocus.com/bid/27106 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-0090 · Security Note
• http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/39386 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39386 · Note
• http://milw0rm.com/exploits/4829 · Note