CVE-2006-5820 (GCVE-0-2006-5820)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2007-04-02 22:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 20:04
VLAI
Summary
The LinkSBIcons method in the SuperBuddy ActiveX control (Sb.SuperBuddy.1) in America Online 9.0 Security Edition dereferences an arbitrary function pointer, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a modified pointer value.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/478225 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VN
http://secunia.com/advisories/24714 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1184 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2513 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://osvdb.org/34318 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://www.tippingpoint.com/security/advisories/T… x_refsource_MISC
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464313/100… mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
Date Public
2007-03-30 00:00
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