CVE-2007-6189

BitDefender Online Anti-Virus Scanner 8.0 - RCE

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2007-6189. PoCs published by Nphinity.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit targets a memory corruption vulnerability in BitDefender OScan8.ocx/Oscan81.ocx ActiveX controls. It uses a heap spray technique to achieve arbitrary code execution, launching the calculator as a proof of concept.

Description

A certain ActiveX control in (1) OScan8.ocx and (2) Oscan81.ocx in BitDefender Online Anti-Virus Scanner 8.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long argument to the InitX method that begins with a "%%" sequence, which is misinterpreted as a Unicode string and decoded twice, leading to improper memory allocation and a heap-based buffer overflow.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by Nphinity · htmlremotewindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4663

This exploit targets a memory corruption vulnerability in BitDefender OScan8.ocx/Oscan81.ocx ActiveX controls. It uses a heap spray technique to achieve arbitrary code execution, launching the calculator as a proof of concept.

Classification
Working Poc 90%
Attack Type
Rce
Complexity
Moderate
Reliability
Racy
Target: BitDefender OScan8.ocx / Oscan81.ocx ActiveX controls
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Victim must visit a malicious webpage using Internet Explorer with the vulnerable ActiveX control installed
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (7)

Core 7
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://securitytracker.com/id?1018986
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_sreason
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3405
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3935
Patch, Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/27717
Exploit, Third Party Advisory exploit x_refsource_exploit-db
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4663
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483986/100/100/threaded

Scores

EPSS 0.0808
EPSS Percentile 94.1%

Details

CWE
CWE-119
Status published
Products (1)
bitdefender/online_anti-virus_scanner 8.0
Published Nov 30, 2007
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026