Advisory Details

October 14th, 2014

Hewlett-Packard Sprinter TTF16.ocx AttachToSS Memory Corruption Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

CVE ID	CVE-2014-2636
CVSS SCORE	6.8, AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
AFFECTED VENDORS	Hewlett-Packard
AFFECTED PRODUCTS	Sprinter
TREND MICRO CUSTOMER PROTECTION	Trend Micro TippingPoint IPS customers are protected against this vulnerability by Digital Vaccine protection filter ID ['16227']. 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 HP Sprinter. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The vulnerability is found in Tidestone Formula One ActiveX controls, which are installed as a part of HP Sprinter. By providing an improper parameter to the method AttachToSS provided by those controls, an attacker can execute code in the context of the browser.
ADDITIONAL DETAILS	Hewlett-Packard has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at: https://h20566.www2.hp.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay/?docId=emr_na-c04454636
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE	2014-05-30 - Vulnerability reported to vendor 2014-10-14 - Coordinated public release of advisory
CREDIT	Andrea Micalizzi (rgod)

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