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[SA16048] MIMEsweeper for Web ActiveX Filtering Bypass Vulnerability

From: Secunia Security Advisories (sec-advsecunia.com)
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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