Summary
This host is installed with AOL ActiveX and is prone to remote code execution vulnerability.
Impact
Successful exploitation will let the attacker execute arbitrary code by tricking a user into visiting a specially crafted web page or compromise an affected system.
Impact Level: System/Application
Solution
No solution or patch was made available for at least one year since disclosure of this vulnerability. Likely none will be provided anymore.
General solution options are to upgrade to a newer release, disable respective features, remove the product or replace the product by another one.
A Workaround is to set the kill-bit for the CLSID {189504B8-50D1-4AA8-B4D6-95C8F58A6414} http://support.microsoft.com/kb/240797
Insight
The flaw is due to a use-after-free error in the 'Sb.SuperBuddy.1' ActiveX control in sb.dll. This can be exploited to cause a memory corruption via malformed arguments passed to the 'SetSuperBuddy()' ActiveX method.
Affected
America Online (AOL) version 9.5.0.1 and prior
References
Updated on 2017-03-28
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2009-3658 -
CVSS Base Score: 9.3
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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