7.1 High
AI Score
Confidence
Low
6.8 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
0.17 Low
EPSS
Percentile
96.1%
Hummingbird HostExplorer ActiveX Control is prone to a stack based buffer overflow vulnerability.
# Copyright (C) 2008 Greenbone Networks GmbH
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if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.900159");
script_version("2022-05-11T11:17:52+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2022-05-11 11:17:52 +0000 (Wed, 11 May 2022)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2008-10-21 15:08:20 +0200 (Tue, 21 Oct 2008)");
script_cve_id("CVE-2008-4729");
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2008 Greenbone Networks GmbH");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"6.8");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"registry");
script_family("Denial of Service");
script_name("Hummingbird HostExplorer ActiveX Control BOF Vulnerability");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://milw0rm.com/exploits/6761");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31783");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://secunia.com/advisories/32319/");
script_dependencies("smb_reg_service_pack.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("SMB/WindowsVersion");
script_require_ports(139, 445);
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation will allow execution arbitrary code, and deny the
service.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Hummingbird HostExplorer versions prior to 2008 on Windows (all)");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to HostExplorer 2008.");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Hummingbird HostExplorer ActiveX Control is prone to a stack based buffer overflow vulnerability.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The flaw is due to error in Hummingbird.XWebHostCtrl.1 ActiveX control in
hclxweb.dll file when handling the 'PlainTextPassword' function, which can be exploited by assigning an overly long string.");
exit(0);
}
include("smb_nt.inc");
if(!get_kb_item("SMB/WindowsVersion")){
exit(0);
}
hostExpVer = registry_get_sz(key:"SOFTWARE\Hummingbird\Event Monitoring" +
"\Product Info\HostExplorer 2008" ,
item:"Version");
if(!hostExpVer){
hostExpVer = registry_get_sz(key:"SOFTWARE\Hummingbird\Event Monitoring" +
"\Product Info\HostExplorer 2008\HostExplorer",
item:"Version");
if(!hostExpVer){
exit(0);
}
}
if(ereg(pattern:"^(([0-9]|1[0-2])(\..*)?)($|[^.0-9])", string:hostExpVer)){
security_message( port: 0, data: "The target host was found to be vulnerable" );
}