Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the Clever Database Comparer 2.2 ActiveX control (comparerax.ocx) allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long argument to the ConnectToDatabase 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
- Clever Database Comparer ActiveX 2.2 - Remote Buffer Overflow (PoC) EDB-3921 · dos · May 14, 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.shinnai.altervista.org/moaxb/20070514/clever.html
- http://moaxb.blogspot.com/2007/05/moaxb-14-clever-database-comparer.html
- databasecomparer-comparerax-bo(34261) vdb-entry
- ADV-2007-1792 vdb-entry
- 23969 vdb-entry
- 25227 third-party-advisory
- 36019 vdb-entry