National Cyber Awareness System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2012-5897
Original release date:11/17/2012
Last revised:01/15/2013
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
The (1) SimpleTree and (2) ReportTree classees in the ARDoc ActiveX control (ARDoc.dll) in Quest InTrust 10.4.0.853 and earlier do not properly implement the SaveToFile method, which allows remote attackers to write or overwrite arbitrary files via the bstrFileName argument.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
10.0
Exploitability Subscore:
8.6
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable; Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
Access Complexity: Medium
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows unauthorized modification; Allows disruption of service
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External Source: XF
Name: intrust-ardoc-file-overwrite(74442)
External Source: BID
Name: 52773
External Source: EXPLOIT-DB
Name: 18672
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 48566
Type: Advisory
External Source: OSVDB
Name: 80664
External Source: BUGTRAQ
Name: 20120328 Quest InTrust 10.4.x ReportTree and SimpleTree Classes ArDoc.dll ActiveX Control Remote File Creation / Overwrite Vulnerability
Technical Details
- Permissions, Privileges, and Access Control (CWE-264)