Description
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 third party information. NOTE: the researcher claims that this is the same as CVE-2007-5108, but there is insufficient detail for CVE-2007-5108 to be certain.
Public exploits
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Metasploit 1 module
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Ask.com Toolbar askBar.dll ActiveX Control Buffer Overflow
exploit/windows/browser/ask_shortformat
Exploit-DB 2
- Ask.com Toolbar - 'askBar.dll' ActiveX Control Buffer Overflow (Metasploit) EDB-16557 · remote · May 9, 2010 · verified
- Ask.com/AskJeeves Toolbar Toolbar 4.0.2.53 - ActiveX Remote Buffer Overflow EDB-4452 · remote · Sep 24, 2007 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- 4452 exploit
- http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/reader/security.htm
- 20070924 Re: New Zeroday published mailing-list
- ADV-2007-3265 vdb-entry
- asktoolbar-shortformat-bo(36757) vdb-entry
- 26960 third-party-advisory
- 25785 vdb-entry