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Sid
12085

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Summary:
This event is generated when an attempt is made to exploit a known vulnerability in ActiveBar.

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Impact:
Denial of Service. Information disclosure. Loss of integrity. 

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Detailed Information:
A vulnerability exists in the way that Internet Explorer handles ActiveX controls that may present an attacker with the opportunity to run code of their choosing on a host. The Data Dynamics ActiveBar ActiveX control (actbar3.ocx) 3.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to create or overwrite files via a full pathname in (1) the second argument to the Save method, or the first argument to the (2) SaveLayoutChanges or (3) SaveMenuUsageData method.

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Affected Systems:
Data Dynamics ActiveBar 1

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Attack Scenarios:


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Ease of Attack:
Simple.

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False Positives:
None known.

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False Negatives:
None known.

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Corrective Action:


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Contributors:
Sourcefire Vulnerability Research Team
This document was generated from data supplied by the National Vulnerability Database. A product of the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
For more information see http://nvd.nist.gov/

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