Secunia Security Advisory - A vulnerability has been reported in America Online ICQ, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.
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TITLE:
ICQ ICQPhone.SipxPhoneManager ActiveX Control Vulnerability
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA22670
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/22670/
CRITICAL:
Highly critical
IMPACT:
System access
WHERE:
>From remote
SOFTWARE:
ICQ 5.x
http://secunia.com/product/9856/
DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in America Online ICQ, which can be
exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.
The vulnerability is caused due to a design error in the
ICQPhone.SipxPhoneManager ActiveX control within the
"DownloadAgent()" method. This can be exploited to download and
execute an arbitrary file on a user's system by e.g. using a
malicious ICQ avatar to message the user.
Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code.
The vulnerability is reported in version 5.1. Other versions may also
be affected.
SOLUTION:
The vendor has issued a fix, which is applied automatically once
connected to the ICQ service.
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Peter Vreugdenhil
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
ZDI:
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-06-037.html
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