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TITLE:
Second Sight ActiveMod ActiveX Control Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA24928

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/24928/

CRITICAL:
Highly critical

IMPACT:
System access

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
Second Sight ActiveMod ActiveX Control
http://secunia.com/product/13995/

DESCRIPTION:
Will Dormann has reported a vulnerability in Second Sight ActiveMod
ActiveX control, which can be exploited by malicious people to
potentially compromise a user's system.

The vulnerability is caused due to an unspecified error within the
Second Sight ActiveMod ActiveX control (ActiveMod.ocx), which can be
exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow when a user visits a
malicious website.

Successful exploitation may allow the execution of arbitrary code.

SOLUTION:
Set the kill-bit on the affected ActiveX control.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Will Dormann, CERT/CC

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
US-CERT VU#962305:
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/962305

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