Digital Security Research Group [DSecRG] Advisory #DSECRG-09-030 !!! original advisory !!! http://dsecrg.com/pages/vul/DSECRG-09-030.html Application: PrecisionID activeX controls Versions Affected: Vendor URL: http://PrecisionID.com Bugs: Arbitrary File overwriting Exploits: YES Reported: 03.03.2009 Vendor response: NONE Secondly Reported: 17.03.2009 Vendor response: NONE Date of Public Advisory: 31.0300.2009 Authors: Digital Security Research Group [DSecRG] (research [at] dsec [dot] ru) Description *********** PrecisionID have activeX control DMATRIXLib.Datamatrix that can be used to overwrite any any file in target system. Details ******* This control contains two methods SaveBarCode() SaveEnhWMF() that can be used to owervrite any file on OS Sub SaveBarCode ( ByVal path As String ) Sub SaveEnhWMF ( ByVal path As String ) ******* Example: Solution ******** http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa751977.aspx About ***** Digital Security is leading IT security company in Russia, providing information security consulting, audit and penetration testing services, risk analysis and ISMS-related services and certification for ISO/IEC 27001:2005 and PCI DSS standards. Digital Security Research Group focuses on web application and database security problems with vulnerability reports, advisories and whitepapers posted regularly on our website. Contact: research [at] dsecrg [dot] com http://www.dsecrg.com http://www.dsec.ru # milw0rm.com [2009-03-31]