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Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:2109 Date: 2007-08-23
Title: ActiveX Object Vulnerability
Description: The tblinf32.dll (aka vstlbinf.dll) ActiveX control for Internet Explorer 5.01, 6 SP1, and 7 uses an incorrect IObjectsafety implementation, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by requesting the HelpString property, involving a crafted DLL file argument to the TypeLibInfoFromFile function, which overwrites the HelpStringDll property to call the DLLGetDocumentation function in another DLL file, aka "ActiveX Object Vulnerability."
Version: 1 Class: vulnerability
Status: ACCEPTED Reference(s): CVE-2007-2216
Family: windows
Platform(s): Microsoft Windows 2000
Microsoft Windows XP
Microsoft Windows Server 2003
Microsoft Windows Vista
Product(s): Microsoft Internet Explorer
Definition Synopsis:

OVAL is CVE Compatible