Microsoft Classifies Ask Toolbar as 'Unwanted' Software

Microsoft has reclassified the Ask Toolbar as unwanted software, which means its security tools will automatically detect and remove all versions, except for the most recent, from Windows computers. Ask Toolbar is an interface to the 20-year-old Ask.com search engine, and it’s included in among...

Ask Toolbar V 5.8.0.2304-1-12304 [CS2-] (GenericAskToolbar.dll) BOF

Exploit for windows platform in category remote exploits =================================================================== Ask Toolbar V 5.8.0.2304-1-12304 CS2- GenericAskToolbar.dll BOF ===================================================================...

Ask.com Toolbar AskJeevesToolBar.SettingsPlugin.1 ActiveX (askBar.dll) ShortFormat Property Arbitrary Code Execution

The AskJeevesToolBar.SettingsPlugin.1 ActiveX control, part of the Ask Toolbar, is installed on the remote host. It reportedly contains a buffer overflow that can be triggered with a long value for the 'ShortFormat' property. If a remote attacker can trick a user on the affected host into visitin...

Stack overflow

Stack-based buffer overflow in the AskJeevesToolBar.SettingsPlugin.1 ActiveX control in askBar.dll in IAC Search & Media ask.com Ask Toolbar 4.0.2.53 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long ShortFormat property value. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from...

CVE-2007-5107

Stack-based buffer overflow in the AskJeevesToolBar.SettingsPlugin.1 ActiveX control in askBar.dll in IAC Search & Media ask.com Ask Toolbar 4.0.2.53 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long ShortFormat property value. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from...

CVE-2007-5107

The CVE-2007-5107 entry describes a stack-based buffer overflow in the AskJeevesToolBar.SettingsPlugin.1 ActiveX control (askBar.dll) used by the IAC/Ask Toolbar on Windows. A long ShortFormat property value allows remote code execution. Related CVE-2007-5108 is suspected to be the same issue, bu...