Secunia Security Advisory - Will Dormann has reported a vulnerability in Second Sight ActiveMod ActiveX control, which can be exploited by malicious people to potentially compromise a user's system.
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TITLE:
Second Sight ActiveMod ActiveX Control Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA24928
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/24928/
CRITICAL:
Highly critical
IMPACT:
System access
WHERE:
>From remote
SOFTWARE:
Second Sight ActiveMod ActiveX Control
http://secunia.com/product/13995/
DESCRIPTION:
Will Dormann has reported a vulnerability in Second Sight ActiveMod
ActiveX control, which can be exploited by malicious people to
potentially compromise a user's system.
The vulnerability is caused due to an unspecified error within the
Second Sight ActiveMod ActiveX control (ActiveMod.ocx), which can be
exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow when a user visits a
malicious website.
Successful exploitation may allow the execution of arbitrary code.
SOLUTION:
Set the kill-bit on the affected ActiveX control.
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Will Dormann, CERT/CC
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
US-CERT VU#962305:
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/962305
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