HP Application Lifecycle Management XGO.ocx Multiple Vulnerabilities
Severity: CRITICAL
Advisory Date: JUL 21, 2015
DESCRIPTION
Two vulnerabilities have been reported in HP Application Lifecycle Management, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.
1) A type confusion error in the "SetShapeNodeType()" method within the XGO.ocx ActiveX control can be exploited to access user-specified data as an object.
2) The unsafe "CopyToFile()" method within the XGO.ocx ActiveX control allows creating and overwriting arbitrary files.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerabilities allows execution of arbitrary code.
TREND MICRO PROTECTION INFORMATION
Apply associated Trend Micro DPI Rules.
SOLUTION
Trend Micro Deep Security DPI Rule Number: 1005188
Trend Micro Deep Security DPI Rule Name: 1005188 - HP Application Lifecycle Management ActiveX Control Multiple Vulnerabilities
AFFECTED SOFTWARE AND VERSION
- HP Application Lifecycle Management
- Internet Explorer
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