Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the Creative Software AutoUpdate Engine ActiveX control in CTSUEng.ocx allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long CacheFolder property value.
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.
Metasploit 1 module
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Creative Software AutoUpdate Engine ActiveX Control Buffer Overflow
exploit/windows/browser/creative_software_cachefolder
Exploit-DB 2
- Creative Software AutoUpdate Engine - ActiveX Control Buffer Overflow (Metasploit) EDB-16539 · remote · May 9, 2010 · verified
- Creative Software AutoUpdate Engine - ActiveX Stack Overflow EDB-5681 · remote · May 27, 2008 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- ADV-2008-1668 vdb-entry
- creativesoftware-autoupdate-cachefolder-bo(42673) vdb-entry
- VU#501843 third-party-advisory
- 29391 vdb-entry
- 30403 third-party-advisory
- 5681 exploit