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Message-Id: <201007151120.o6FBKUCX025858@CA-IX-1.intnet>
Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2010 13:20:30 +0200
From: Secunia Research <remove-vuln@...unia.com>
To: full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk
Subject: Secunia Research: GIGABYTE Dldrv2 ActiveX Control
Array Indexing Vulnerability
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Secunia Research 15/07/2010
- GIGABYTE Dldrv2 ActiveX Control Array Indexing Vulnerability -
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Table of Contents
Affected Software....................................................1
Severity.............................................................2
Vendor's Description of Software.....................................3
Description of Vulnerability.........................................4
Solution.............................................................5
Time Table...........................................................6
Credits..............................................................7
References...........................................................8
About Secunia........................................................9
Verification........................................................10
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1) Affected Software
* GIGABYTE Dldrv2 ActiveX Control 1.4.206.11
NOTE: Other versions may also be affected.
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2) Severity
Rating: Highly critical
Impact: System compromise
Where: Remote
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3) Vendor's Description of Software
"GIGABYTE's Download Center allows you to quickly download and update
your BIOS as well as the latest system drivers.".
Product Link:
http://download.gigabyte.com.tw/
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4) Description of Vulnerability
Secunia Research has discovered a vulnerability in GIGABYTE Dldrv2
ActiveX Control, which can be exploited by malicious people to
compromise a user's system.
The vulnerability is caused by missing input validation of the "item"
argument passed to the "SetDLInfo()" method and can be exploited via
array-indexing errors to corrupt memory.
Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code.
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5) Solution
Set the kill-bit for the ActiveX control.
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6) Time Table
18/06/2010 - Vendor notified.
29/06/2010 - Vendor response.
15/07/2010 - Public disclosure.
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7) Credits
Discovered by Carsten Eiram, Secunia Research.
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8) References
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) project has assigned
CVE-2010-1518 for the vulnerability.
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9) About Secunia
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10) Verification
Please verify this advisory by visiting the Secunia website:
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2010-86/
Complete list of vulnerability reports published by Secunia Research:
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/
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