Advisory Details

August 16th, 2011

HP Easy Printer Care XMLSimpleAccessor Class ActiveX Control Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

ZDI-11-261
ZDI-CAN-1092

CVE ID CVE-2011-2404
CVSS SCORE 7.5, AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
AFFECTED VENDORS Hewlett-Packard
AFFECTED PRODUCTS Easy Printer Care
TREND MICRO CUSTOMER PROTECTION Trend Micro TippingPoint IPS customers are protected against this vulnerability by Digital Vaccine protection filter ID ['11586']. For further product information on the TippingPoint IPS: http://www.tippingpoint.com
VULNERABILITY DETAILS

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of HP Easy Printer Care. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file.

The specific flaw exists within the XMLSimpleAccessor class ActiveX control (CLSID 466576F3-19B6-4FF1-BD48-3E0E1BFB96E9). The SaveXML() method is vulnerable to directory traversal, which allows an attacker to write arbitrary content to the filesystem. A remote attacker could leverage this vulnerability to gain code execution under the context of the web browser.

ADDITIONAL DETAILS

Title: c02949847 8/8/2011 Printing and Imaging HPSBPI02698 SSRT100404 rev.1
- HP Easy Printer Care Software Running on Windows, Remote Execution of Arbitrary Code

URL (requires login)
https://h20566.www2.hp.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay/?docId=emr_
na-c02949847

This URL will be available sometime in the future, if you need to use a no login required link.
URL (no login required):
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c0294
9847


DISCLOSURE TIMELINE
  • 2011-02-17 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
  • 2011-08-16 - Coordinated public release of advisory
CREDIT Andrea Micalizzi aka rgod
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