Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the FileUploader.FUploadCtl.1 ActiveX control in FileUploader.dll 2.0.0.2 in Lycos FileUploader Module allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long HandwriterFilename property value. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
Public exploits
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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
- Lycos FileUploader Control - ActiveX Remote Buffer Overflow EDB-4967 · remote · Jan 22, 2008 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- 4967 exploit
- 27411 vdb-entry
- lycosfileuploader-fileuploader-activex-bo(39849) vdb-entry
- ADV-2008-0253 vdb-entry
- 28599 third-party-advisory