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>> Sony CD First4Internet XCP Uninstallation ActiveX Vulnerabilities

Title : Sony CD First4Internet XCP Uninstallation ActiveX Vulnerabilities
VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2005-2454
CVE ID : CVE-2005-3650
Rated as : Critical 
Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2005-11-16


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Multiple vulnerabilities were identified in Sony CD First4Internet XCP uninstallation ActiveX control, which could be exploited by attackers to execute arbitrary commands. These flaws are due to a design error in the "CodeSupport.ocx" ActiveX control that supports insecure methods, which could be exploited by remote attackers to compromise or reboot a vulnerable system by convincing a user to visit a specially crafted Web page.



Affected Products

First4Internet XCP Content Management (CodeSupport.ocx)

Solution

Set a kill bit for the CLSIDs {80E8743E-8AC5-46F1-96A0-59FA30740C51} and {4EA7C4C5-C5C0-4F5C-A008-8293505F71CC} :
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/240797

References

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2454
http://www.freedom-to-tinker.com/?p=927
http://hack.fi/~muzzy/sony-drm/

Credits

Vulnerability reported by J. Alex Halderman, Ed Felten and Muzzy.

ChangeLog

2005-11-16 : Initial release
2005-11-17 : Updated Solution (new CLSID)

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