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Autodesk Design Review AdView.AdViewer ActiveX Control RCE

high Nessus Plugin ID 81318

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Synopsis

The remote Windows host has an ActiveX control that is affected by a remote code execution vulnerability.

Description

The remote host contains the AdView.AdViewer ActiveX control, distributed with Autodesk Design Review, that is affected by a remote code execution vulnerability due to improper parsing of DWF files. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this, via a specially crafted file or website, to execute arbitrary code.

Solution

Apply the 2013 hotfix.

Note that older versions will need to be updated to 2013 before applying the hotfix.

See Also

https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-14-402/

http://www.nessus.org/u?737f5f11

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 81318

File Name: autodesk_dr_adview_activex.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 2/12/2015

Updated: 11/25/2019

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-9268

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:autodesk:design_review_2008, cpe:/a:autodesk:design_review_2009, cpe:/a:autodesk:design_review_2010, cpe:/a:autodesk:design_review_2011, cpe:/a:autodesk:design_review_2012, cpe:/a:autodesk:design_review:2013

Required KB Items: installed_sw/Autodesk Design Review

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/6/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/11/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-9268

BID: 71485