Description
Format string vulnerability in OmniGroup OmniWeb 5.5.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in the Javascript alert function.
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 1
- OmniWeb 5.5.1 - JavaScript alert() Remote Format String (PoC) EDB-3098 · dos · Jan 7, 2007 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- http://www.omnigroup.com/applications/omniweb/releasenotes/
- 21911 vdb-entry
- 3098 exploit
- 23624 third-party-advisory
- http://blog.omnigroup.com/2007/01/07/omniweb-552-now-available-and-more-secure/
- ADV-2007-0075 vdb-entry
- omniweb-alert-format-string(31324) vdb-entry
- http://projects.info-pull.com/moab/MOAB-07-01-2007.html
- 20070111 DMA[2007-0107a] OmniWeb Javascript Alert Format String Vulnerabiity and DMA[2007-0109a] Apple Finder Disk Image Volume Label Overflow / DoS mailing-list
- 31222 vdb-entry
- http://www.digitalmunition.com/DMA%5B2007-0107a%5D.txt