Vulnerability Note VU#1673

Eyedog ActiveX control incorrectly marked "safe for scripting"

Overview

Versions of the Eyedog ActiveX control current circa August, 1999, are incorrectly marked safe for scripting.

I. Description

Eyedog is an ActiveX control that was used to perform diagnostic function in Windows. It was marked as safe for scripting, which means that it could be called from Internet Explorer, but provided access to computer configuration data. The patch sets the "kill bit" for the control. For more information, see

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/technet/security/bulletin/ms99-032.asp

The control is contained in eyedog.ocx. The Class ID is 06A7EC63-4321-11D0-A112-00A0C90543AA.

II. Impact

Attacker can retrieve system configuration information.

III. Solution

Apply the patch as described in MS99-032.

Systems Affected

No Information Available

References

http://www.cert.org/reports/activeX_report.pdf
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/technet/security/bulletin/ms99-032.asp
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/technet/security/bulletin/fq99-032.asp
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q240/7/97.asp

Credit

Our thanks to Microsoft for the information contained in their advisory.

This document was written by Shawn V Hernan.

Other Information

Date Public:	99-08-31
Date First Published:	2001-11-14
Date Last Updated:	2001-11-14
CERT Advisory:
CVE-ID(s):	CVE-1999-0668
NVD-ID(s):	CVE-1999-0668
US-CERT Technical Alerts:
Metric:	9.49
Document Revision:	5

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