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vulnerability alert CVE-2010-3189

Trend Micro Internet Security: code execution via extSetOwner

Synthesis of the vulnerability

An attacker can invite the victim to browse a web page containing the UfPBCtrl.dll ActiveX of Trend Micro Internet Security, in order to execute code on his computer.
Impacted products: Trend Micro Internet Security.
Severity: 2/4.
Creation date: 04/10/2010.
Identifiers: CVE-2010-3189, VIGILANCE-VUL-10001, ZDI-10-165.

Description of the vulnerability

The Trend Micro Internet Security Pro 2010 product installs the UfPBCtrl.dll ActiveX on user's computer.

The extSetOwner() method of this ActiveX uses the address of a memory area to change an object. However, this ActiveX does not check the validity of this address.

An attacker can therefore invite the victim to browse a web page containing the UfPBCtrl.dll ActiveX of Trend Micro Internet Security, in order to execute code on his computer.
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