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TITLE:
OfficeScan Corporate Edition "ATXCONSOLE.OCX" Format String
Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA22224

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/22224/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
DoS, System access

WHERE:
>From local network

SOFTWARE:
Trend Micro OfficeScan Corporate Edition 7.x
http://secunia.com/product/5007/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in Trend Micro OfficeScan Corporate
Edition, which can be exploited by malicious people to potentially
compromise a user's system.

The vulnerability is caused due to a format string error within the
"ATXCONSOLE.OCX" ActiveX Control. This can potentially be exploited
to execute arbitrary code by sending a specially crafted string back
to the Management Console's Remote Client Install name search.

The vulnerability has been reported in Trend Micro OfficeScan
Corporate Edition 7.3. Other versions may also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Reportedly, this has been fixed in OfficeScan Corporate Edition 7.3
Patch 1.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Deral Heiland, Layered Defense

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.layereddefense.com/TREND01OCT.html

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