Vulnerability Note VU#29795

HHOpen ActiveX Control buffer overflow in OpenHelp method

Original Release date: 31 Oct 2000 | Last revised: 01 Nov 2000

Overview

Description

The HHOpen ActiveX control (hhopen.ocx) has a buffer overflow in the OpenHelp method. Because the control is marked safe-for-scripting, an attacker may be able to script this control and exploit the vulnerability when you visit a web page.

The classID for the vulnerable control is: {130D7743-5F5A-11D1-B676-00A0C9697233}.

Impact

An attacker may be able to exploit a buffer overflow in the HHOpen ActiveX control and execute arbitrary code on the system of the person visiting a malicious web page.

Solution

Apply a patch

Apply the patch provided by Microsoft in Security Bulletin MS99-037. This patch sets the kill bit which prevents the control from being loaded by Internet Explorer.

Disable "Script ActiveX controls marked safe for scripting"

In your Internet Explorer security settings, set this option to "disable" or "prompt".

Systems Affected

VendorStatusDate NotifiedDate Updated
MicrosoftVulnerable-20 Apr 2002

CVSS Metrics (Learn More)

Group Score Vector
Base N/A N/A
Temporal N/A N/A
Environmental N/A N/A

References

Credit

This document was written by Cory F Cohen.

Other Information

  • CVE IDs: Unknown
  • Date Public: 10 Sep 99
  • Date First Published: 31 Oct 2000
  • Date Last Updated: 01 Nov 2000
  • Severity Metric: 12.66
  • Document Revision: 8

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