Description
The Kodak/Wang (1) Image Edit (imgedit.ocx), (2) Image Annotation (imgedit.ocx), (3) Image Scan (imgscan.ocx), (4) Thumbnail Image (imgthumb.ocx), (5) Image Admin (imgadmin.ocx), (6) HHOpen (hhopen.ocx), (7) Registration Wizard (regwizc.dll), and (8) IE Active Setup (setupctl.dll) ActiveX controls for Internet Explorer (IE) 4.01 and 5.0 are marked as "Safe for Scripting," which allows remote attackers to create and modify files and execute arbitrary commands.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 3
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 4 (Windows 95/NT 4.0) - Setupctl ActiveX Control Buffer Overflow EDB-19515 · remote · Sep 27, 1999 · verified
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0/4.0.1 - hhopen OLE Control Buffer Overflow EDB-19521 · remote · Sep 27, 1999 · verified
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.1/5 - Registration Wizard Buffer Overflow EDB-19528 · local · Sep 27, 1999 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- VU#41408 third-party-advisory
- VU#24839 third-party-advisory
- MS99-037 vendor-advisory
- VU#26924 third-party-advisory
- VU#9162 third-party-advisory
- wang-kodak-activex-control(7097) vdb-entry
- 19990924 Several ActiveX Buffer Overruns mailing-list
- VU#23412 third-party-advisory