Peaches Posted November 5, 2009 Report Share Posted November 5, 2009 <h1></h1>Security hole in BlackBerry Desktop Manager BlackBerry vendor Research In Motion (RIM) is warning of a critical hole in the BlackBerry Desktop Manager that allows attackers to infect vulnerable systems with malware. The issue is caused by a buffer overflow within an Active X control from Intellisync which is used by Blackberry Desktop Manager to synchronise with IBM's Lotus Notes. As the control is installed by default whether a user requires synchronisation of Lotus Notes data or not, the vulnerability generally affects all users of the BlackBerry Desktop Manager. For an attack to be successful, visiting a specially crafted web page with Internet Explorer is reportedly all that is required. The link to such a page could, for example, be included in an email. Heise security for further details - http://www.h-online.com/security/news/item/Security-hole-in-BlackBerry-Desktop-Manager-850510.html Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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