PT-2008-2564 · Creative · Creative Software Autoupdate Engine

Greg Linares · Published 2008-05-29 · Updated 2017-09-29 · CVE-2008-0955

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 Creative Software AutoUpdate Engine version (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to a stack-based buffer overflow in the Creative Software AutoUpdate Engine ActiveX control. This occurs when a long value is assigned to the CacheFolder property, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-0955

Affected Products

Creative Software Autoupdate Engine

References · 9

• 🔥 https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/windows/browser/creative_software_cachefolder.rb · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/16539 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/5681 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-0955 · Security Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/30403 · Vendor Advisory
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1668 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/29391 · Note
• http://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/501843 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42673 · Note