Advisory Details

November 7th, 2011

Novell ZENWorks Software Packaging Antique ActiveX Control Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

CVE ID	CVE-2011-2658
CVSS SCORE	9.0, AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:C
AFFECTED VENDORS	Novell
AFFECTED PRODUCTS	Zenworks
TREND MICRO CUSTOMER PROTECTION	Trend Micro TippingPoint IPS customers are protected against this vulnerability by Digital Vaccine protection filter ID ['11817']. 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 Novell ZENWorks. 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 due to the inclusion and usage of an antique ActiveX control (mscomct2.ocx: Tue Mar 14 18:39:28 2000). Though mscomct2.ocx has been killbitted, it is accessed by ZENWorks via an intermediate control (ISList.ISAvi) which is scriptable. Multiple vulnerabilities in mscomct2.ocx can be exploited to execute arbitrary code on the host system in the context of the browser.
ADDITIONAL DETAILS	Novell has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at: http://www.novell.com/support/viewContent.do?externalId=7009570&sliceId=1
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE	2011-05-17 - Vulnerability reported to vendor 2011-11-07 - Coordinated public release of advisory
CREDIT	Andrea Micalizzi aka rgod

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