__________________________________________________________ The U.S. Department of Energy Computer Incident Advisory Capability ___ __ __ _ ___ / | /_\ / \___ __|__ / \ \___ __________________________________________________________ INFORMATION BULLETIN MySpace Uploader 'MySpaceUploader.ocx' ActiveX Control Vulnerability [Security Focus 27533] February 1, 2008 20:00 GMT Number S-160 ______________________________________________________________________________ PROBLEM: MySpace Uploader ActiveX control is prone to a buffer overflow vulnerability because the application fails to perform adequate boundary checks on user-supplied data. PLATFORM: 'MySpaceUploader.ocx' 1.0.0.4 and 1.0.0.5 DAMAGE: Execute arbitrary code. SOLUTION: Upgrade to the appropriate version. ______________________________________________________________________________ VULNERABILITY The risk is MEDIUM. Successfully exploiting this issue may ASSESSMENT: allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code in the context of the application using the ActiveX control (typically Internet Explorer). Failed exploit attempts likely result in denial-of-service conditions. ______________________________________________________________________________ LINKS: CIAC BULLETIN: http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/s-160.shtml ORIGINAL BULLETIN: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27533/discuss ______________________________________________________________________________ [***** Start Security Focus 27533 *****] MySpace Uploader 'MySpaceUploader.ocx' ActiveX Control Buffer Overflow Vulnerability MySpace Uploader ActiveX control is prone to a buffer-overflow vulnerability because the application fails to perform adequate boundary checks on user-supplied data. Successfully exploiting this issue allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code in the context of the application using the ActiveX control (typically Internet Explorer). Failed exploit attempts likely result in denial-of-service conditions. The Symantec DeepSight team has confirmed that this issue can be used to execute code or crash the vulnerable application using 'MySpaceUploader.ocx' 1.0.0.4 and 1.0.0.5; other versions may also be vulnerable. Bugtraq ID: 27533 Class: Boundary Condition Error CVE: Remote: Yes Local: No Published: Jan 31 2008 12:00AM Updated: Feb 01 2008 04:37PM Credit: Elazar Broad discovered this vulnerability. Vulnerable: MySpace.com MySpace Uploader MySpaceUploader.ocx 1.0 5 MySpace.com MySpace Uploader MySpaceUploader.ocx 1.0 4 Not Vulnerable: [***** End Security Focus 27533 *****] _______________________________________________________________________________ CIAC wishes to acknowledge the contributions of Security Focus for the information contained in this bulletin. _______________________________________________________________________________ CIAC, the Computer Incident Advisory Capability, is the computer security incident response team for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the emergency backup response team for the National Institutes of Health (NIH). CIAC is located at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Livermore, California. CIAC is also a founding member of FIRST, the Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams, a global organization established to foster cooperation and coordination among computer security teams worldwide. CIAC services are available to DOE, DOE contractors, and the NIH. CIAC can be contacted at: Voice: +1 925-422-8193 (7x24) FAX: +1 925-423-8002 STU-III: +1 925-423-2604 E-mail: ciac@ciac.org Previous CIAC notices, anti-virus software, and other information are available from the CIAC Computer Security Archive. World Wide Web: http://www.ciac.org/ Anonymous FTP: ftp.ciac.org PLEASE NOTE: Many users outside of the DOE, ESnet, and NIH computing communities receive CIAC bulletins. If you are not part of these communities, please contact your agency's response team to report incidents. Your agency's team will coordinate with CIAC. The Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams (FIRST) is a world-wide organization. A list of FIRST member organizations and their constituencies can be obtained via WWW at http://www.first.org/. This document was prepared as an account of work sponsored by an agency of the United States Government. Neither the United States Government nor the University of California nor any of their employees, makes any warranty, express or implied, or assumes any legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information, apparatus, product, or process disclosed, or represents that its use would not infringe privately owned rights. Reference herein to any specific commercial products, process, or service by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, or otherwise, does not necessarily constitute or imply its endorsement, recommendation or favoring by the United States Government or the University of California. The views and opinions of authors expressed herein do not necessarily state or reflect those of the United States Government or the University of California, and shall not be used for advertising or product endorsement purposes. LAST 10 CIAC BULLETINS ISSUED (Previous bulletins available from CIAC) S-150: IBM AIX 'piox25.c/poix25remote.sh' Vulnerability S-151: Chilkat Email 'ChilkatCert.dll' Vulnerability S-152: WordPress Plugin AdServe Vulnerability S-153: AmpJuke 'index.php' Vulnerability S-154: SwiftView ActiveX Control and Plug-in Vulnerability S-155: Gnumeric XLS HLINK Opcode Handling Vulnerability S-156: OpenBSD bgplg 'cmd' Parameter Vulnerability S-157: WordPress WassUp Plugin 'spy.php' Vulnerability S-158: Aurigma Image Uploader 'ImageUploader4.ocx' ActiveX Control Vulnerability S-159: Facebook Photo Uploader 4 'ImageUploader4.1.ocx' ActiveX Control Vulnerability