CVE-2007-6189 EXPLOIT
9.3
HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 8.1% (pctl 95)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.3 (HIGH, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
| EPSS | 8.08% — more likely to be exploited than 95% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-119 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2007-11-30 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| bitdefender | online anti-virus scanner |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | BitDefender Online Scanner 8 - ActiveX Heap Overflow | 2007-11-27 |
References
- http://research.eeye.com/html/advisories/published/AD20071120.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27717
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3405
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1018986
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483986/100/100/threaded
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3935
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4663
- http://research.eeye.com/html/advisories/published/AD20071120.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27717
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3405
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1018986
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483986/100/100/threaded
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3935
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4663
→ the Explorer · watch your stack · NVD