CVE-2007-6189
highpriority · attend · 50EPSS 0.081 · 95 %ileexploit · functionalEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
A certain ActiveX control in (1) OScan8.ocx and (2) Oscan81.ocx in BitDefender Online Anti-Virus Scanner 8.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long argument to the InitX method that begins with a "%%" sequence, which is misinterpreted as a Unicode string and decoded twice, leading to improper memory allocation and a heap-based buffer overflow.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
weaknesses
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exploits (1)
Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.
- EDB-4663BitDefender Online Scanner 8 - ActiveX Heap Overflowfunctional · exploit_db
affected products (2)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
- bitdefender online anti-virus scanner= 8.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:bitdefender:online_anti-virus_scanner:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
also known as (2)
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sources
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references (14)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://research.eeye.com/html/advisories/published/AD20071120.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27717enisa_euvd
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3405enisa_euvd
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1018986enisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483986/100/100/threadedenisa_euvd
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3935enisa_euvd
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4663enisa_euvd
- http://research.eeye.com/html/advisories/published/AD20071120.htmlnvd
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