LEADTOOLS Multimedia Toolkit 15 Arbitrary Files Overwrite

vendor:

LEADTOOLS Multimedia Toolkit

by:

shinnai

8.8

CVSS

HIGH

Multiple vulnerabilities that allow attackers to overwrite arbitrary files

CWE

Product Name: LEADTOOLS Multimedia Toolkit

Affected Version From: LEADTOOLS Multimedia 15

Affected Version To: LEADTOOLS Multimedia 15

Patch Exists: YES

Related CWE: N/A

CPE: N/A

Metasploit: N/A

Other Scripts: N/A

Tags: N/A

CVSS Metrics: N/A

Nuclei References: N/A

Nuclei Metadata: N/A

Platforms Tested: Internet Explorer

2008

LEADTOOLS Multimedia Toolkit 15 Arbitrary Files Overwrite

An attacker can exploit these issues by enticing an unsuspecting victim to view a malicious HTML page. Successfully exploiting these issues will allow the attacker to corrupt and overwrite arbitrary files on the victim's computer in the context of the vulnerable application using the ActiveX control (typically Internet Explorer).

Mitigation:

Ensure that all users are running with the lowest level of privileges necessary to perform their work. Ensure that all users are running with the latest version of LEADTOOLS Multimedia.

Source

Exploit-DB raw data:

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28442/info

LEADTOOLS Multimedia is prone to multiple vulnerabilities that allow attackers to overwrite arbitrary files. These issues affect multiple ActiveX controls.

An attacker can exploit these issues by enticing an unsuspecting victim to view a malicious HTML page.

Successfully exploiting these issues will allow the attacker to corrupt and overwrite arbitrary files on the victim's computer in the context of the vulnerable application using the ActiveX control (typically Internet Explorer).

LEADTOOLS Multimedia 15 is vulnerable; other versions may also be affected.

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 <b>LEADTOOLS Multimedia Toolkit 15 Arbitrary Files Overwrite</b>
 url: http://www.leadtools.com

 Author: shinnai
 mail: shinnai[at]autistici[dot]org
 site: http://shinnai.altervista.org

 <b><font color=&#039;red&#039;>This was written for educational purpose. Use it 
at your own risk.
 Author will be not responsible for any damage.</font></b>
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&lt;input language=VBScript onclick=tryMe() type=button value=&#039;Click 
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&lt;script language=&#039;vbscript&#039;&gt;

 Sub tryMe
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  MsgBox &quot;Exploit completed!&quot;
 End Sub
&lt;/script&gt;
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