ZDI-12-180 : Novell ZENWorks AdminStudio ISGrid.dll ActiveX Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

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ZDI-12-180 : Novell ZENWorks AdminStudio ISGrid.dll ActiveX Remote Code
Execution Vulnerability
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-12-180
August 29, 2012

• – CVE ID:

• – CVSS:
  7.5, AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

• – Affected Vendors:
  Novell

• – Affected Products:
  Novell ZENworks Admin Studio

• – TippingPoint(TM) IPS Customer Protection:
  TippingPoint IPS customers have been protected against this
  vulnerability by Digital Vaccine protection filter ID 12491.
  For further product information on the TippingPoint IPS, visit:

  http://www.tippingpoint.com

• – Vulnerability Details:
  This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on
  vulnerable installations of Novell ZENworks Admin Studio. User interaction
  is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a
  malicious page or open a malicious file.

The specific flaw exists within the ISGrid.dll ActiveX control. The process
performs insufficient bounds checking on user-supplied data passed in the
DoFindReplace() method which results in heap corruption. This vulnerability
can be leveraged to execute code under the context of the process.

• – Vendor Response:
  Novell has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can
  be found at:
  http://kb.flexerasoftware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?cmd=displayK
  C&docType=kc&externalId=Q201079&sliceId=1&docTypeID=DT_HOTFIX_1_1&dialogID=
  125341070&stateId=00 125337386

• – Disclosure Timeline:
  2011-11-04 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
  2012-08-29 - Coordinated public release of advisory

• – Credit:
  This vulnerability was discovered by:

• Andrea Micalizzi aka rgod

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