Advisory Details

May 29th, 2013

IBM SPSS SamplePower Vsflex7l.ocx ActiveX ComboList Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

CVE ID	CVE-2012-5947
CVSS SCORE	7.5, AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
AFFECTED VENDORS	IBM
AFFECTED PRODUCTS	SPSS
TREND MICRO CUSTOMER PROTECTION	Trend Micro TippingPoint IPS customers are protected against this vulnerability by Digital Vaccine protection filter ID ['12936']. 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 IBM SPSS SamplePower. 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 Vsflex7l.ocx ActiveX Control. This component performs insufficient bounds checking on user-supplied data passed into the ComboList or ColComboList methods which results in memory corruption. This vulnerability can be leveraged by an attacker to execute code under the context of the user.
ADDITIONAL DETAILS	IBM has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at: http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21635511
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE	2012-11-21 - Vulnerability reported to vendor 2013-05-29 - Coordinated public release of advisory
CREDIT	Alexander Gavrun

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