Code execution hole in BlackBerry Desktop Manager

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Code execution hole in BlackBerry Desktop Manager

Posted by martin on Nov 6th, 2009 and filed under Vulnerabilities. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry

Research in Motion (RIM) has shipped a patch to cover a gaping hole in its BlackBerry Desktop Manager software. The vulnerability, which exists in a Lotus Notes Intellisync DLL that the BlackBerry Desktop Manager uses, allows a malicious user to perform an attack that leverages social engineering to achieve remote code execution on the computer running the BlackBerry Desktop Manager.