# CVE-2009-0194: The domain-locking implementation in the GARMINAXCONTROL.GarminAxControl\_t.1 ActiveX control in npGarmin.dll in the Garmin Communicator Plug

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2009-05-11 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

The domain-locking implementation in the GARMINAXCONTROL.GarminAxControl_t.1 ActiveX control in npGarmin.dll in the Garmin Communicator Plug-In 2.6.4.0 does not properly enforce the restrictions that (1) download and (2) upload requests come from a web site specified by the user, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information or reconfigure Garmin GPS devices via unspecified vectors related to a "synchronisation error."

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## References

- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50360
- http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2009-16/
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1022173
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/503319/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34858
- http://osvdb.org/54258
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34326

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