Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the IActiveXTransfer.FileTransfer method in the SecureTransport FileTransfer ActiveX control in vcst_en.dll 1.0.0.5 in Tumbleweed SecureTransport Server before 4.6.1 Hotfix 20 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long remoteFile parameter.
Public exploits
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Metasploit 1 module
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Tumbleweed FileTransfer vcst_eu.dll ActiveX Control Buffer Overflow
exploit/windows/browser/tumbleweed_filetransfer
Exploit-DB 2
- Tumbleweed SecureTransport FileTransfer - 'vcst_eu.dll' ActiveX Control Buffer Overflow (Metasploit) EDB-16563 · remote · Jun 15, 2010 · verified
- Tumbleweed SecureTransport 4.6.1 FileTransfer - ActiveX Buffer Overflow EDB-5398 · remote · Apr 7, 2008 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- 20080407 Tumbleweed SecureTransport FileTransfer ActiveX Control Buffer Overflow mailing-list
- 29717 third-party-advisory
- 3806 third-party-advisory
- securetransport-filetransfer-activex-bo(41692) vdb-entry
- ADV-2008-1165 vdb-entry
- 5398 exploit
- http://www.aushack.com/200708-tumbleweed.txt
- 28662 vdb-entry