wodSFTP ActiveX Arbitrary File Access

medium Nessus Plugin ID 21625

Synopsis

The remote Windows host has an ActiveX control that allows arbitrary access to the filesystem.

Description

The Windows remote host contains the wodSFTP ActiveX control, which provides SFTP functionality to applications that use it and is marked as 'safe for scripting'. A remote attacker may be able to use this control to store files on the remote filesystem or retrieve files from it by means of a specially crafted HTML page or email and without any further interaction from the user.

Solution

Disable the use of this ActiveX control from within Internet Explorer by setting its kill bit.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 21625

File Name: wodsftp_activex_file_access.nasl

Version: 1.19

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 6/1/2006

Updated: 8/7/2018

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Vulnerability Information

Required KB Items: SMB/Registry/Enumerated

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/30/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-1175

BID: 18192

CERT: 378604

Detections

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