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TITLE:
SolidWorks sldimdownload ActiveX Control "Run()" Insecure Method

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA24762

VERIFY ADVISORY:
https://secunia.com/advisories/24762/

CRITICAL:
Highly critical

IMPACT:
System access

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
SolidWorks sldimdownload ActiveX Control 16.x
https://secunia.com/product/13845/

DESCRIPTION:
Will Dormann has reported a vulnerability in SolidWorks sldimdownload
ActiveX control, which can be exploited by malicious people to
compromise a user's system.

The vulnerability is caused due to the sldimdownload ActiveX control
including the insecure "Run()" method, which takes in "installerpath"
and "applicationarguments" as arguments. This can be exploited to
execute arbitrary local or remote programs with parameters on a
user's system via a specially crafted web site.

Successful exploitation requires that the user is e.g. tricked into
visiting a malicious web site.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 16.0.0.6.
https://www.solidworks.com/pages/services/subscription/downloads/sldimdownload.cab

Set the kill-bit on the affected ActiveX control.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Will Dormann, CERT/CC

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
US-CERT VU#556801:
https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/556801

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