[NT] Trend Micro HouseCall "notifyOnLoadNative()" Vulnerability

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Trend Micro HouseCall "notifyOnLoadNative()" Vulnerability
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SUMMARY

"Trend Micro HouseCall is an application for checking whether your
computer has been infected by viruses, spyware, or other malware.
HouseCall performs additional security checks to identify and fix
vulnerabilities to prevent reinfection." Secunia Research has discovered a
vulnerability in Trend Micro HouseCall, which can be exploited by
malicious people to compromise a user's system.

DETAILS

Vulnerable Systems:
* Trend Micro HouseCall ActiveX Control version 6.51.0.1028
* Trend Micro HouseCall ActiveX Control version 6.6.0.1278

Immune Systems:
* Trend Micro HouseCall ActiveX Control version 6.6.0.1285

The vulnerability is caused by a use-after-free error in the HouseCall
ActiveX control (Housecall_ActiveX.dll). This can be exploited to
dereference previously freed memory by tricking the user into opening a
web page containing a specially crafted "notifyOnLoadNative()" callback
function.

Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code.

Solution:
Remove the ActiveX control and install version 6.6.0.1285 available from:
<http://prerelease.trendmicro-europe.com/hc66/launch/>
http://prerelease.trendmicro-europe.com/hc66/launch/

HouseCall Server Edition:
* Apply hot fix B1285.

Time Table:
25/08/2008 - Vendor notified.
26/08/2008 - Vendor response.
21/12/2008 - Public disclosure.

CVE Information:
<http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-2435>
CVE-2008-2435

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

The information has been provided by Secunia Research.
The original article can be found at:
<http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2008-34/>
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2008-34/

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