PT-2008-6559 · Verydoc · Verydoc Pdf Viewer Ocx Control

R0Ut3R · Published 2008-12-12 · Updated 2017-09-29 · CVE-2008-5492

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 VeryDOC PDF Viewer OCX Control version 2.0.0.1

Description The issue is related to a heap-based buffer overflow in the PDFVIEW.PdfviewCtrl.1 ActiveX control, which is part of the pdfview.ocx component. This can be exploited by remote attackers to execute arbitrary code when a long first argument is passed to the OpenPDF method.

Recommendations For version 2.0.0.1, consider restricting access to the OpenPDF method until a patch is available. As a temporary workaround, avoid using the OpenPDF method with long arguments to minimize the risk of exploitation. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this issue.

Exploit

Fix

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-5492

Affected Products

Verydoc Pdf Viewer Ocx Control

References · 10

• 🔥 https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/windows/browser/verypdf_pdfview.rb · Exploit
• 🔥 http://bmgsec.com.au/advisories/openpdf.txt · Exploit
• 🔥 http://securityfocus.com/bid/32313 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/7126 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/32587 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/16520 · Exploit
• http://secunia.com/advisories/32725 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5492 · Security Note
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4715 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46622 · Note