CVE-2007-6005 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash the application via malicious arguments to the WebEx ActiveX control, requiring user interaction to trigger the memory violation.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2007-6005?
CVE-2007-6005 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 15 Nov 2007. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Unspecified vulnerability in the GpcContainer.GpcContainer.1 ActiveX control in WebEx allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory access violation and crash) via (1) an invalid argument to the InitParam method or (2) an unspecified vector involving the SetParam method.
Weakness: CWE-399
Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-6005?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Webex Communications Webex Gpccontainer Activex Control.
How do I fix CVE-2007-6005?
No fix has been published for CVE-2007-6005 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2007-6005 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2007-6005 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-hf7x-2m78-pj84.