CVE-2007-6189
A certain ActiveX control in (1) OScan8.ocx and (2) Oscan81.ocx in BitDefender Online Anti-Virus Scanner 8.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long argument to the InitX method that begins with a "%%" sequence, which is…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (8.08%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
A certain ActiveX control in (1) OScan8.ocx and (2) Oscan81.ocx in BitDefender Online Anti-Virus Scanner 8.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long argument to the InitX method that begins with a "%%" sequence, which is misinterpreted as a Unicode string and decoded twice, leading to improper memory allocation and a heap-based buffer overflow.
- CVSS 2.0
- 9.3 HIGHAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 8.08% probability · 94th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- bitdefender/online anti-virus scanner
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://research.eeye.com/html/advisories/published/AD20071120.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27717Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3405
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1018986
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483986/100/100/threaded
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3935
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4663
- http://research.eeye.com/html/advisories/published/AD20071120.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27717Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3405
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1018986
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483986/100/100/threaded
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3935
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4663
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.