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Secunia PSI Insecure Library Loading Vulnerability


From: apa-iutcert () nsec ir
Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2010 07:49:48 -0600

A vulnerability has been discovered in Secunia PSI,which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's 
system.
The vulnerability is caused due to the application loading libraries in an insecure manner.
Libraries list called is as follows:
•       Schannel.dll
This can be exploited to load arbitrary libraries by tricking a user into e.g. opening a HTML file located on a remote 
WebDAV or SMB share.
Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code.
The vulnerability is confirmed in Secunia PSI version 1.5.0.2  for Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3. Other versions 
may also be affected.


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