ActiveX component contains insecure method that can overwrite any  file in system

Digital Security Research Group [DSecRG] Advisory #DSECRG-09-065


Application:             TVUPlayer 
Versions Affected:       Tested on v2.4.9beta1[build1797]
Vendor URL: www.tvunetworks.com 
Bugs:                    insecure method, File overwriting
Exploits:                YES
Reported:                25.11.2009
Second report            11.01.2010
Vendor response:         none 
Date of Public Advisory: 03.02.2010  
CVE-number: 
Author:                  Evdokimov Dmitriy 
                         Digital Security Research Group [DSecRG] (research [at] dsecrg [dot] com)

Description
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TVUPlayer contains ActiveX component PlayerOcx ( file PlayerOcx.ocx) Lib GUID: {18E6ED0D-08D1-4ED5-8771-E72B4E6EFFD8}

which is contains insecure method that can overwrite any file in system.

Details
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Detail can be found in official advisory
http://dsecrg.com/pages/vul/show.php?id=165 

Fix Information
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There is no official fix from vendor because vendor did not give any
response for 2 times.
As an alternative - user can set killbit on this component.

References
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http://dsecrg.com/pages/vul/show.php?id=165 

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