Software Engineering Institute

The Learn2 Corporation STRunner ActiveX control, which is provided by iestm32.dll, can view multimedia streams that are commonly used in online tutorials. This ActiveX control, which is also known as the Street Technologies ActiveX Control, contains multiple stack buffer overflow vulnerabilities.

By convincing a user to view a specially crafted HTML document (e.g., a web page or an HTML email message or attachment), an attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user.

We are currently unaware of a practical solution to this problem. Please consider the following workarounds:

Disable the Learn2 STRunner ActiveX control in Internet Explorer

The vulnerable ActiveX control can be disabled in Internet Explorer by setting the kill bit for the following CLSID:

{0B72CCA4-5F11-11D0-9CB5-0000C0EC9FDB}
More information about how to set the kill bit is available in Microsoft Support Document 240797. Alternatively, the following text can be saved as a .REG file and imported to set the kill bit for this control:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\ActiveX Compatibility\{0B72CCA4-5F11-11D0-9CB5-0000C0EC9FDB}]
"Compatibility Flags"=dword:00000400
Disable ActiveX

Disabling ActiveX controls in the Internet Zone (or any zone used by an attacker) appears to prevent exploitation of this and other ActiveX vulnerabilities. Instructions for disabling ActiveX in the Internet Zone can be found in the "Securing Your Web Browser" document.