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Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2007-1891

Original release date:04/18/2007
Last revised:09/05/2008
Source: US-CERT/NIST

Overview

Stack-based buffer overflow in the GetPrivateProfileSectionW function in Akamai Technologies Download Manager ActiveX Control (DownloadManagerV2.ocx) after 2.0.4.4 but before 2.2.1.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code, related to misinterpretation of the nSize parameter as a byte count instead of a wide character count.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
CVSS v2 Base Score:9.3 (HIGH) (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) (legend)
Impact Subscore: 10.0
Exploitability Subscore: 8.6
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable
Access Complexity: Medium
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

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US-CERT Vulnerability Note: VU#120241
Name: VU#120241
Hyperlink:http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/120241
External Source: BUGTRAQ
Name: 20070416 Akamai Technologies Security Advisory 2007-0001
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/465908/100/0/threaded
External Source: IDEFENSE
Name: 20070416 Akamai Download Manager ActiveX Stack Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
Hyperlink:http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=514
External Source: BID
Name: 23522
Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23522
External Source: SECTRACK
Name: 1017925
Hyperlink:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017925
External Source: OSVDB
Name: 34323
Hyperlink:http://www.osvdb.org/34323
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2007-1415
Hyperlink:http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2007/1415
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 24900
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/24900

Vulnerable software and versions

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Technical Details

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CVE Standard Vulnerability Entry:http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-1891