Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in the Sb.SuperBuddy.1 ActiveX control (sb.dll) in America Online (AOL) 9.5.0.1 allows remote attackers to trigger memory corruption or possibly execute arbitrary code via a malformed argument to the SetSuperBuddy method.
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
- AOL 9.1 SuperBuddy - ActiveX Control Remote code Execution EDB-9992 · remote · Oct 1, 2009 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- http://retrogod.altervista.org/9sg_aol_91_superbuddy.html
- ADV-2009-2812 vdb-entry
- 20091001 AOL 9.1 SuperBuddy ActiveX Control SetSuperBuddy() remote code execution exploit mailing-list
- 36580 vdb-entry
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6704 vdb-entry signature
- 36919 third-party-advisory
- aol-superbuddy-activex-code-exec(53614) vdb-entry