Advisory Details

August 3rd, 2012

IBM Lotus Quickr QP2 ActiveX _Times Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

CVE ID	CVE-2012-2176
CVSS SCORE	7.5, AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
AFFECTED VENDORS	IBM
AFFECTED PRODUCTS	Lotus Quickr
VULNERABILITY DETAILS	This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of IBM Lotus Quickr. 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 QP2.cab ActiveX control. When passing a long string argument to the Attachment_Times or Import_Times parameters during the control's instantiation it is possible to overflow a stack buffer causing memory corruption. This can be leveraged by an attacker to execute code under the context of the user running the browser.
ADDITIONAL DETAILS	IBM has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at: http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21596191
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE	2011-11-29 - Vulnerability reported to vendor 2012-08-03 - Coordinated public release of advisory
CREDIT	Gaurav Baruah of eSecForte Technologies Pvt. Ltd

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