Description
Multiple buffer overflows in the Wireless Manager ActiveX control 4.0.0.0 in WifiMan.dll in Sony VAIO PC Wireless LAN Wizard 1.0; VAIO Wireless Wizard 1.00, 1.00_64, 1.0.1, 2.0, and 3.0; SmartWi Connection Utility 4.7, 4.7.4, 4.8, 4.9, 4.10, and 4.11; and VAIO Easy Connect software 1.0.0 and 1.1.0 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long string in the second argument of the (1) SetTmpProfileOption or (2) ConnectToNetwork 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.
Exploit-DB 1
- Sony VAIO Wireless Manager 4.0.0.0 - Buffer Overflow EDB-18958 · dos · May 31, 2012
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- 20120530 2 Buffer Overflows in Wireless Manager Sony VAIO mailing-list
- 18958 exploit
- 49340 third-party-advisory
- 82401 vdb-entry
- 53735 vdb-entry
- http://esupport.sony.com/US/perl/support-info.pl?template_id=1&info_id=946
- vaio-activex-bo(75978) vdb-entry