Advisory Details

December 21st, 2012

Honeywell HMIWeb Browser ActiveX Control RequestDSPLoad Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

CVE ID	CVE-2012-2054
CVSS SCORE	7.5, AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
AFFECTED VENDORS	Honeywell
AFFECTED PRODUCTS	HMIWeb
TREND MICRO CUSTOMER PROTECTION	Trend Micro TippingPoint IPS customers are protected against this vulnerability by Digital Vaccine protection filter ID ['11490']. 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 Honeywell HMIWeb. 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 ActiveX control defined within the HSCDSPRenderDll.dll file. The RequestDSPLoad method does not properly verify the length of a supplied argument before copying it into a fixed-length heap buffer. A remote attacker can abuse this to execute arbitrary code under the context of the user running the browser.
ADDITIONAL DETAILS	http://www.us-cert.gov/control_systems/pdf/ICSA-12-150-01.pdf
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE	2011-11-23 - Vulnerability reported to vendor 2012-12-21 - Coordinated public release of advisory
CREDIT	Anonymous

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