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>> ICQ "ICQPhone.SipxPhoneManager" ActiveX Control File Download Vulnerability
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Title : ICQ "ICQPhone.SipxPhoneManager" ActiveX Control File Download Vulnerability
VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2006-4362
CVE ID : CVE-2006-5650
Rated as : Critical 
Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2006-11-06
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A vulnerability has been identified in ICQ, which could be exploited by attackers to take complete control of an affected system. This flaw is due to an error in the ICQPhone.SipxPhoneManager ActiveX control that does not validate input passed to the "DownloadAgent()" method, which could be exploited by remote attackers to download and execute a malicious file on a vulnerable system by using a specially crafted avatar and sending a message to a user.
Affected Products
ICQ version 5.1 and prior
Solution
Connect to the ICQ service to apply patches automatically :
http://download.icq.com/download/
References
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4362
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-06-037.html
Credits
Vulnerability reported by Peter Vreugdenhil
ChangeLog
2006-11-06 : Initial release
Vulnerability Management
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