ER Mapper NCSView ActiveX Multiple Buffer Overflows

high Nessus Plugin ID 26014

Synopsis

The remote Windows host has an ActiveX control that is affected by multiple buffer overflow vulnerabilities.

Description

The remote host contains the 'NCSView' ActiveX control, distributed as part of the ER Mapper package and used to view maps in Internet Explorer.

The version of this control installed on the remote host reportedly contains multiple stack-based buffer overflows. If an attacker can trick a user on the affected host into visiting a specially crafted web page, this issue could be leveraged to execute arbitrary code on the host subject to the user's privileges.

Solution

Either disable the use of this ActiveX control from within Internet Explorer by setting its kill bit or upgrade to ER Mapper version 8.1 (version 3.4.0.242 of the NCSView control itself) or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 26014

File Name: er_mapper_ncsview_activex_overflows.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 9/10/2007

Updated: 7/10/2018

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 6.9

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

Vulnerability Information

Required KB Items: SMB/Registry/Enumerated

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/6/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-4470

BID: 25584

CWE: 119

CERT: 589188