Short Name |
HTTP:STC:CLSID:ACTIVEX:INC-AX |
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Severity |
Minor |
Recommended |
No |
Recommended Action |
Drop |
Category |
HTTP |
Keywords |
IncrediMail IMMenuShellExt ActiveX Buffer Overflow |
Release Date |
2007/06/27 |
Update Number |
1213 |
Supported Platforms |
idp-4.0+, isg-3.0+, j-series-9.5+, mx-11.4+, srx-12.1+, srx-branch-12.1+, vmx-17.4+, vsrx-12.1+, vsrx3bsd-18.2+ |
This signature detects attempts to exploit a known vulnerability in IncrediMail IMMenuShellExt ActiveX Control. An attacker can create malicious Web pages containing dangerous ActiveX calls, which if access by a victim, allows the attacker to gain control of the victim's client browser.
IncrediMail is prone to a stack-based buffer-overflow vulnerability because it fails to sufficiently check boundaries of user-supplied input before copying it to an insufficiently sized memory buffer. An attacker may exploit this issue by enticing victims into opening a malicious webpage or HTML email that invokes the affected control. Successful exploits will corrupt process memory, allowing attacker-supplied arbitrary code to run in the context of the client application using the affected ActiveX control.