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TITLE:
America Online SuperBuddy ActiveX Control "LinkSBIcons()"
Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA24714

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/24714/

CRITICAL:
Highly critical

IMPACT:
System access

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
AOL 9.x
http://secunia.com/product/6840/

DESCRIPTION:
TippingPoint Security Research Team has discovered a vulnerability in
America Online, which can be exploited by malicious people to
compromise a user's system.

The vulnerability is caused due to the SuperBuddy ActiveX control
(sb.dll) accepting a user-controlled object pointer as argument to
the "LinkSBIcons()" method.

Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code when
visiting a malicious website.

The vulnerability is confirmed in AOL 9.0 Revision 4156.910. Other
versions may also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Updates are automatically available for AOL 9.x users when logging
into the AOL service.

Set the kill-bit on the affected ActiveX control.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Cody Pierce, TippingPoint Security Research Team.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
TippingPoint:
http://www.tippingpoint.com/security/advisories/TSRT-07-03.html

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