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TITLE:
System Requirements Lab ActiveX Control Code Execution Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA32236

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CRITICAL:
Highly critical

IMPACT:
System access

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
System Requirements Lab ActiveX Control
http://secunia.com/advisories/product/20151/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in the System Requirements Lab
ActiveX control, which can be exploited by malicious people to
compromise a user's system.

An error in the System Requirements Lab ActiveX control
("sysreqlab.dll", "sysreqlabsli.dll", or "sysreqlab2.dll") can be
exploited to redirect a download of an executable file to a malicious
site. This may allow executing arbitrary code with privileges granted
to the signed ActiveX control.

SOLUTION:
The vendor has issued a fixed version.

Microsoft has issued a Security Updates that sets the kill-bit for
one affected ActiveX control.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956391

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
US-CERT credits Andre Protas of eEye Digital Security, who in turn
credit Greg Linares

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
Husdawg:
http://www.systemrequirementslab.com/bulletins/security_bulletin_1.html

US-CERT:
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/166651

Microsoft:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/956391.mspx

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