Fortinet Discovers Thunder ActiveX Control Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Summary

Fortinet's FortiGuard Labs has discovered remote code execution vulnerability in Thunder ActiveX Control.

Solutions

FortiGuard Labs released the following FortiGate IPS signature which covers this specific vulnerability:

Xunlei.Thunder.Put.DapCtrl.ActiveX.Control.Access
Released Jun 12, 2008
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Additional Information

The vulnerability exists in the "Put()" method implemented in "DapCtrl" DLL file.

Acknowledgement

Haifei Li of Fortinet's FortiGuard Global Security Research Team

IPS Subscription

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