Digital Security Research Group [DSecRG] Advisory #DSECRG-09-006
http://www.dsecrg.com/pages/vul/show.php?id=62
Application: Synactis All_IN_THE_BOX ActiveX
Versions Affected: 3
Vendor URL: http://synactis.com
Bugs: Null byte File overwriting
Exploits: YES
Reported: 15.01.2009
Vendor response: NONE
Second Report: 22.01.2009
Vendor response: NONE
Date of Public Advisory: 30.01.2009
Authors: Digital Security Research Group [DSecRG] (research [at] dsec [dot] ru)
Description
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Synactis All_IN_THE_BOX ActiveX Control (ALL_IN_THE_BOX.OCX) can be used to owervrite any any file in target system.
Vulnerable method is "SaveDoc()"
Details
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By default when saving file All_IN_THE_BOX ActiveX control attend extension to filename variable in "SaveDoc()" method.
For example if you enter filename "boot.ini" in "SaveDoc()" method then control will create file boot.ini.box.
But by attending a null byte to filename attacker can owervrite any file in OS (see example for owervriting boot.ini)
Class AllBox
GUID: {B5576893-F948-4E0F-9BE1-A37CB56D66FF}
Number of Interfaces: 1
Default Interface: IAllBox
RegKey Safe for Script: False
RegkeySafe for Init: False
KillBitSet: False
Example:
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Test Exploit page
Fix Information
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No patches available.
We did not get any response from vendor for 2 weeks.
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