Advisory Details

March 12th, 2015

Hewlett-Packard POS Printer Windows And OPOS Drivers OPOSMICR.ocx Open Method Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

CVE ID	CVE-2014-7888
CVSS SCORE	6.8, AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
AFFECTED VENDORS	Hewlett-Packard
AFFECTED PRODUCTS	POS Printer Windows and OPOS Drivers
TREND MICRO CUSTOMER PROTECTION	Trend Micro TippingPoint IPS customers are protected against this vulnerability by Digital Vaccine protection filter ID ['16713']. 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 Hewlett-Packard POS Printer Windows and OPOS Drivers. 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 Open method in OPOSMICR.ocx. By supplying an overly long string to this method, an attacker can exploit this condition to achieve code execution under the context of the browser process.
ADDITIONAL DETAILS	Hewlett-Packard has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at: https://h20564.www2.hp.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay/?docId=emr_na-c04583185
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE	2014-09-03 - Vulnerability reported to vendor 2015-03-12 - Coordinated public release of advisory
CREDIT	Ariele Caltabiano (kimiya)

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