National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2006-2324
Original release date:05/12/2006
Last revised:09/05/2008
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
180solutions Zango downloads "required Adware components" without checking integrity or authenticity, which might allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code by subverting the DNS resolution of static.zangocash.com.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
10.0
Exploitability Subscore:
10.0
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Provides administrator access, Allows complete confidentiality, integrity, and availability violation; Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows disruption of service
Solution
The only known mitigation for this vulnerability is to block access to static.zangocash.com or zangocash.com althogether at the firewall.}
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
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External Source: BUGTRAQ
Name: 20060509 [TZO-042006] Insecure Auto-Update and File execution
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: MISC
Name: http://secdev.zoller.lu/research/zango.htm
Type: Patch Information
External Source: SREASON
Name: 890
