ZDI-07-014: Kaspersky Anti-Virus ActiveX Control Unsafe Method Exposure Vulnerablity

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ZDI-07-014: Kaspersky Anti-Virus ActiveX Control Unsafe Method Exposure 
Vulnerablity
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-07-014.html
April  5, 2007

-- CVE ID:
CVE-2007-1112

-- Affected Vendor:
Kaspersky

-- Affected Products:
Anti-Virus 6.0
Internet Security 6.0

-- TippingPoint(TM) IPS Customer Protection:
TippingPoint IPS customers have been protected against this
vulnerability since February  2, 2007 by Digital Vaccine protection
filter ID 5061, 5062. For further product information on the TippingPoint 
IPS:

    http://www.tippingpoint.com 

-- Vulnerability Details:
This vulnerability allows remote attackers to download and remove any
file on vulnerable installations of Kaspersky Anti-Virus. User
interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the
target must visit a malicious page.

The specific flaws exist within the ActiveX controls
AXKLPROD60Lib.KAV60Info and AXKLSYSINFOLib.SysInfo defined in the
following DLLs/CLSIDs:

    DLL:   AxKLProd60.dll
    CLSID: D9EC22E7-1A86-4F7C-8940-0303AE5D6756

    DLL:   AxKLSysInfo.dll
    CLSID: BA61606B-258C-4021-AD27-E07A3F3B91DB

Several methods exposed by these ActiveX controls can be abused by
attackers:

    Function DeleteFile (
        ByVal strFileName As String
    )

    Function StartBatchUploading (
        ByVal arrFiles As Variant ,
        ByVal strFTPAddress As String ,
        ByVal strFTPUploadPath As String
    ) As Long
 
    Function StartStrBatchUploading (
        ByVal strFiles As String ,
        ByVal strFTPAddress As String ,
        ByVal strFTPUploadPath As String
    ) As Long
 
    Function StartUploading (
        ByVal strFilePath As String ,
        ByVal strFTPAddress As String ,
        ByVal strFTPUploadPath As String
    ) As Long

-- Vendor Response:
Kaspersky has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More
details can be found at:

http://www.kaspersky.com/technews?id=203038693

-- Disclosure Timeline:
2007.01.08 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
2007.02.02 - Digital Vaccine released to TippingPoint customers
2007.04.05 - Coordinated public release of advisory

-- Credit:
This vulnerability was discovered by an anonymous researcher.

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