Hummingbird HostExplorer ActiveX Control BOF Vulnerability

# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2008 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
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# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.900159");
  script_version("2025-03-05T05:38:52+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-03-05 05:38:52 +0000 (Wed, 05 Mar 2025)");
  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 AG");
  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" );
}