AxisCamControl ActiveX Control Buffer Overflow

high Nessus Plugin ID 35454

Synopsis

The remote Windows host has an ActiveX control that is affected by a remote buffer overflow vulnerability.

Description

The remote host contins the AxisCamControl ActiveX control, which is used to control Axis network cameras.

This control reportedly has a stack-based buffer overflow in its 'image_pan_tilt' property. If an attacker can trick a user on the affected host into viewing a specially crafted HTML document, he can leverage this issue to execute arbitrary code on the affected system subject to the user's privileges.

Solution

Remove the affected control as recommended by the vendor's advisory

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 35454

File Name: axiscam_image_pan_tilt_activex_overflow.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 1/23/2009

Updated: 11/15/2018

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

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-5260

BID: 33408

CWE: 119

Detections

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