Edraw PDF Viewer Component ActiveX Insecure Method Vulnerability

Publish date: February 15, 2011
  Severity: HIGH
  CVE Identifier: CVE-2009-2169
  Advisory Date: FEB 15, 2011

  DESCRIPTION

 Insecure method vulnerability in the PDFVIEWER.PDFViewerCtrl.1 ActiveX control (pdfviewer.ocx) in Edraw PDF Viewer Component before 3.2.0.126 allows remote attackers to create and overwrite arbitrary files via a URL argument to the FtpConnect argument and a target filename argument to the FtpDownloadFile method.  NOTE: this can be leveraged for code execution by writing to a Startup folder.

  TREND MICRO PROTECTION INFORMATION

Trend Micro Deep Security shields networks through Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) rules. Trend Micro customers using OfficeScan with Intrusion Defense Firewall (IDF) plugin are also protected from attacks using these vulnerabilities. Please refer to the filter number and filter name when applying appropriate DPI and/or IDF rules.

  SOLUTION

  Trend Micro Deep Security DPI Rule Number: 1003586
  Trend Micro Deep Security DPI Rule Name: 1003586 - Edraw PDF Viewer Component ActiveX Insecure Method Vulnerability

  AFFECTED SOFTWARE AND VERSION

  • edraw pdf_viewer_component 3.2.0

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