CVE-2012-2515

critical

Published 2012-07-05 · Modified 2026-04-29

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

10.0

Description

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the KeyHelp.KeyCtrl.1 ActiveX control in KeyHelp.ocx 1.2.312 in KeyWorks KeyHelp Module (aka the HTML Help component), as used in EMC Documentum ApplicationXtender Desktop 5.4; EMC Captiva Quickscan Pro 4.6 SP1; GE Intelligent Platforms Proficy Historian 3.1, 3.5, 4.0, and 4.5; GE Intelligent Platforms Proficy HMI/SCADA iFIX 5.0 and 5.1; GE Intelligent Platforms Proficy Pulse 1.0; GE Intelligent Platforms Proficy Batch Execution 5.6; GE Intelligent Platforms SI7 I/O Driver 7.20 through 7.42; and other products, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long string in the second argument to the (1) JumpMappedID or (2) JumpURL method.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Metasploit modules

exploit_windows/fileformat/emc_appextender_keyworks rank 200

EMC ApplicationXtender (KeyWorks) ActiveX Control Buffer Overflow

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions
emc	captiva_quickscan_pro	`4.6`
emc	documentum_applicationxtender_desktop	`5.4`
ge	intelligent_platforms_proficy_batch_execution	`5.6`
ge	intelligent_platforms_proficy_historian	`3.1`
ge	intelligent_platforms_proficy_historian	`3.5`
ge	intelligent_platforms_proficy_historian	`4.0`
ge	intelligent_platforms_proficy_historian	`4.5`
ge	intelligent_platforms_proficy_hmi\/scada_ifix	`5.0`
ge	intelligent_platforms_proficy_hmi\/scada_ifix	`5.1`
ge	intelligent_platforms_proficy_pulse	`1.0`
ge	intelligent_platforms_si7_i\/o_driver	`7.20`
ge	intelligent_platforms_si7_i\/o_driver	`7.42`

References

CWEs

CWE-119

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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