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Credit:
The information has been provided by Andrea Micalizzi aka rgod.
The original article can be found at: http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-12-027/
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Vulnerable Systems:
* IBM SPSS
The specific flaw exists within the SaveDoc function exposed by the VsVIEW6.ocx ActiveX control. The SaveDoc function causes a file to be created at an arbitrary path specified by the first argument (FileName). The file contents can be controlled by first setting the 'Text' member of the object. These behaviors can be exploited by a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Vendor Status:
IBM has issued an update to correct this vulnerability
Patch Availability:
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21577951
CVE Information:
CVE-2012-0189
Disclosure Timeline:
2011-07-20 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
2012-02-08 - Coordinated public release of advisory
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