CVE-2009-3735: panda panda_activescan Code Injection

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2009-3735 is a high (CVSS 9.3) Code Injection vulnerability in panda panda_activescan. EPSS estimates a 5.74% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92.9% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 11-02-2010
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 07-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The ActiveScan Installer ActiveX control in as2stubie.dll before 1.3.3.0 in PandaActiveScan Installer 2.0 in Panda ActiveScan downloads software in an as2guiie.cab archive located at an arbitrary URL, and does not verify the archive's digital signature before installation, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a URL argument to an unspecified method.

• CWE-94Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')The product constructs all or part of a code segment using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the syntax or behavior of the intended code segment.