Advisory Details

June 21st, 2012

AOL Products dnUpdater ActiveX Uninitialized Pointer Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

CVE ID
CVSS SCORE	7.5, AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
AFFECTED VENDORS	America Online
AFFECTED PRODUCTS	AOL Deskbar
TREND MICRO CUSTOMER PROTECTION	Trend Micro TippingPoint IPS customers are protected against this vulnerability by Digital Vaccine protection filter ID ['12280']. 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 America Online's Toolbar, Desktop, IM, and winamp. 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 dnUpdater ActiveX Control. When initializing the ActiveX control object, dnu.exe assumes the 5th argument being used for the Init() method, to be a legitimate pointer to a function. This vulnerability can be leveraged to execute code under the context of the user.
ADDITIONAL DETAILS	America Online has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at: http://client.web.aol.com/toolbarfiles/Prod/downloads/downloadupdater/dnupdatersetup.exe
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE	2011-10-21 - Vulnerability reported to vendor 2012-06-21 - Coordinated public release of advisory
CREDIT	Andrea Micalizzi aka rgod

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