Advisory Details

May 29th, 2013

IBM SPSS SamplePower Vsflex8l.ocx ActiveX ComboList/ColComboList Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

CVE ID	CVE-2012-5945
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 Vsflex8l.ocx ActiveX control. This component performs insufficient bounds checking on user-supplied data passed into the 'ComboList' or 'ColComboList' properties which results in memory corruption. An attacker can leverage this situation to execute code under the context of the user running the browser.
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=swg21635515
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE	2012-11-21 - Vulnerability reported to vendor 2013-05-29 - Coordinated public release of advisory
CREDIT	Alexander Gavrun

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