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[SA16048] MIMEsweeper for Web ActiveX Filtering Bypass Vulnerability
From: Secunia Security Advisories (sec-adv
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Date: Wed Jul 13 2005 - 09:23:03 CDT
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TITLE:
MIMEsweeper for Web ActiveX Filtering Bypass Vulnerability
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA16048
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/16048/
CRITICAL:
Moderately critical
IMPACT:
Security Bypass
WHERE:
From remote
SOFTWARE:
MIMEsweeper for Web 5.x
http://secunia.com/product/3779/
DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in MIMEsweeper for Web, which can
be exploited by malicious people to bypass certain security
restrictions.
The vulnerability is caused due to the Portable Code Manager failing
to remove any ActiveX code that is present in XML encapsulated HTML
files. This can potentially be exploited to allow malicious ActiveX
code to bypass the filter.
The vulnerability has been reported in versions prior to 5.1.
SOLUTION:
Update to version 5.1.
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported by vendor.
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