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TITLE:
Microsoft Visual Studio Two ActiveX Controls Insecure Methods

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA26779

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/26779/

CRITICAL:
Highly critical

IMPACT:
Manipulation of data, System access

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
Microsoft Visual Studio 6 Professional
http://secunia.com/product/409/
Microsoft Visual Studio 6 Enterprise
http://secunia.com/product/408/

DESCRIPTION:
shinnai has reported some vulnerabilities in Microsoft Visual Studio,
which can be exploited by malicious people to overwrite arbitrary
files or potentially compromise a vulnerable system.

1) The "StartProcess()" and "SyncShell()" methods of the PDWizard.ocx
ActiveX control can be exploited to execute arbitrary commands on the
system. Other insecure methods have also been reported e.g.
"SaveAs()", "CABDefaultURL()", "CABFileName()", and "CABRunFile()".

2) The "Load()" and "SaveAs()" methods of the VBTOVSI.DLL ActiveX
control can be exploited to e.g. load a local file and save it in an
arbitrary location or overwrite an arbitrary file.

The vulnerabilities are reported in version 6.0. Other versions may
also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Set the kill-bit for the ActiveX controls.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
shinnai

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://shinnai.altervista.org/exploits/txt/TXT_AZJ5bXwXvMARqwtfe97I.html
http://shinnai.altervista.org/exploits/txt/TXT_qwFZc3a35RLy5AGxVBjJ.html

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