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HP Online Support Services ActiveX GetFileTime() buffer overflow

Vulnerability Note VU#558163

Original Release Date: 2008-06-06 | Last Revised: 2008-06-06

Overview

HP Online Support Services contains the function GetFileTime(), which can be exploited to cause a buffer overflow. This may allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system.

Description

HP Services provides online product support services including HP Instant Support. The HPISDataManager.dll ActiveX control contains the insecure function GetFileTime(), which can be exploited by a malicious attacker to cause a buffer overflow on a vulnerable system.

Note that the HP Support Services ActiveX control is locked to certain domains, such as hp.com. This means that an attacker would have to subvert the host name lookup methodology on a victim's system or exploit a cross-site scripting vulnerability in one of the allowed domains to exploit this vulnerability.

Impact

By convincing a user to visit a malicious web page, a remote unathenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system.

Solution

Install HP Instant Support - v1.0.0.24 or later. For installation instructions, please visit the HP Support Document.

From the HP Support Document:

The vulnerabilities can also be resolved by the following procedure:

Set the kill bit for the vulnerable ActiveX control's Class identifier (CLSID) {14C1B87C-3342-445F-9B5E-365FF330A3AC} . The kill bit is set by modifying the data value of the Compatibility Flags DWORD value for the CLSID of this ActiveX control to 0x00000400. This is explained in Microsoft's article KB240797 or subsequent. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/240797 .

Vendor Information

558163
 

Hewlett-Packard Company Affected

Updated:  June 06, 2008

Status

Affected

Vendor Statement

We have not received a statement from the vendor.

Vendor Information

The vendor has not provided us with any further information regarding this vulnerability.

Addendum

From the HP Support Document:


    The vulnerabilities can also be resolved by the following procedure:

    Set the kill bit for the vulnerable ActiveX control's Class identifier (CLSID) {14C1B87C-3342-445F-9B5E-365FF330A3AC} . The kill bit is set by modifying the data value of the Compatibility Flags DWORD value for the CLSID of this ActiveX control to 0x00000400. This is explained in Microsoft's article KB240797 or subsequent. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/240797 .

    If you have feedback, comments, or additional information about this vulnerability, please send us email.


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References

Acknowledgements

Hewlett-Packard credits Dennis Rand of CSIS Security Research and Intelligence for discovering this vulnerability.

This document was written by Joseph Pruszynski.

Other Information

CVE IDs: CVE-2007-5604, CVE-2007-5605, CVE-2007-5606, CVE-2007-5607, CVE-2007-5608, CVE-2007-5610, CVE-2008-0952, CVE-2008-0953
Severity Metric: 2.63
Date Public: 2008-06-04
Date First Published: 2008-06-06
Date Last Updated: 2008-06-06 21:36 UTC
Document Revision: 11

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