2007-4982 | MW6 Technologies QRCode ActiveX ActiveX Control mw6qrcode.dll path traversal (BID-25702 / XFDB-36666)

By Max On Jul 29, 2021

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A vulnerability was found in MW6 Technologies QRCode ActiveX up to 3.0.0.1. It has been classified as critical. This affects some unknown processing in the library mw6qrcode.dll of the component ActiveX Control. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a directory traversal vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-22. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Multiple absolute path traversal vulnerabilities in the MW6QRCode.QRCode.1 ActiveX control in MW6QRCode.dll in MW6 Technologies QRCode ActiveX 3.0.0.1 and earlier allow remote attackers to create or overwrite arbitrary files via a full pathname in the argument to the (1) SaveAsBMP or (2) SaveAsWMF method. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

The weakness was disclosed 09/18/2007 by shinnai (Website). The advisory is shared at vupen.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2007-4982 since 09/19/2007. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details and a public exploit are known.

A public exploit has been developed by shinnai and been published immediately after the advisory. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The exploit is shared for download at securityfocus.com.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product. Attack attempts may be identified with Snort ID 12466.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at SecurityFocus (BID 25702), X-Force (36666), Secunia (SA26836) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-29924). The entry 85939 is pretty similar.

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MW6 Technologies

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QRCode ActiveX

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 9.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 9.3

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Class: Directory traversal
CWE: CWE-22
ATT&CK: Unknown

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
Author: shinnai
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Snort ID: 12466

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07/29/2021 +1931 days 🔍Advisory: vupen.com
Researcher: shinnai
Status: Confirmed