36934 : Microsoft Agent URL Handling Remote Code Execution
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Timeline

Vendor Informed Date	Vendor Ack Date	Disclosure Date
2007-07-09	2007-07-09	2007-09-11

Keywords

CLSID D45FD31B-5C6E-11D1-9EC1-00C04FD7081F, c01172326, HPSBST02260, SSRT071471

Description

A remote overflow exists in Microsoft Windows 2000 Agent ActiveX control. The ActiveX control fails to sanitize URLs passed as argument to a certain unspecified method, resulting in a stack-based buffer overflow. With a specially crafted request, an attacker can cause execution of arbitrary code resulting in a loss of confidentiality, integrity, and/or availability.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Exploit: Exploit Private, Exploit Unknown
Disclosure: OSVDB Verified

Solution

Currently, there are no known workarounds or upgrades to correct this issue. However, Microsoft has released a patch to address this vulnerability.

Products

Microsoft Corporation

Windows

2000 SP4

References

CVE ID: 2007-3040 (see also: NVD)
OVAL ID: 2116
Secunia Advisory ID: 26753
SCIP VulDB ID: 3301
ISS X-Force ID: 35752
CERT VU: 716872
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article: 938827
VUPEN Advisory: ADV-2007-3113
Mail List Post: http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2007-09/0108.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2007-09/0204.html
Other Advisory URL: http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=592
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3124
Microsoft Security Bulletin: MS07-051

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CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 9.3
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2007-09-12 | Disagree?

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