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Microsoft Windows OLE / COM Two Vulnerabilities Advisory Available in Danish 

Secunia Advisory: SA14193  
Release Date: 2005-02-08
Last Update: 2005-11-21

Critical:
Highly critical
Impact: Privilege escalation
System access
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

OS:Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server
Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
Microsoft Windows 98
Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition
Microsoft Windows Millenium
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Web Edition
Microsoft Windows XP Embedded
Microsoft Windows XP Professional


CVE reference:CVE-2005-0047 (Secunia mirror)
CVE-2005-0044 (Secunia mirror)

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Description:
Cesar Cerrudo has reported two vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges or by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.

1) An unspecified error in the way memory is accessed when processing COM structured storage files allows malicious, local users to execute code with escalated privileges.

2) An unchecked buffer in the process that validates OLE data can be exploited to execute arbitrary code via messages containing maliciously crafted OLE objects.

The following operating systems and software is affected by one or both of the vulnerabilities:
Microsoft Windows 2000
Microsoft Windows XP
Microsoft Windows XP 64-Bit Edition
Microsoft Windows XP 64-Bit Edition Version 2003 (Itanium)
Microsoft Windows Server 2003
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 (Itanium)
Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server
Microsoft Exchange Server 2003
Microsoft Exchange Server 5.0
Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5
Microsoft Windows 98
Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition (SE)
Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition (ME)
Microsoft Office XP
Outlook 2002
Word 2002
Excel 2002
PowerPoint 2002
FrontPage 2002
Publisher 2002
Access 2002
Microsoft Office 2003
Outlook 2003
Word 2003
Excel 2003
PowerPoint 2003
FrontPage 2003
Publisher 2003
Access 2003
InfoPath 2003
OneNote 2003

NOTE: All software is vulnerable because it uses OLE from the underlying operating system.

Third party application may also be affected.

Do you have this product installed on your home computer? Scan using the free Personal Software Inspector. Check if a vulnerable version is installed on computers in your corporate network, using the Network Software Inspector.

Solution:
Apply patches.

Microsoft Windows 2000 (requires Service Pack 3 or Service Pack 4):
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=84B4F65E-39D5-4521-B692-051F76F2492E

Microsoft Windows XP (requires Service Pack 1 or Service Pack 2):
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=A0E59D77-8AC1-4AC0-9572-A7E1C2E4A66A

Microsoft Windows XP 64-Bit Edition (requires Service Pack 1) (Itanium):
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=F80EABC3-6D39-4532-9178-7967626977EE

Microsoft Windows XP 64-Bit Edition Version 2003 (Itanium):
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=A2C9E842-551C-458E-BF19-1C2BA9F21A06

Microsoft Windows XP Embedded (with SP2):
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=f1a43063-349b-4352-847f-947bd263f5fd

Microsoft Windows XP Embedded (with SP1):
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=3b389bea-6617-4daf-a4c7-62f23097961c

Microsoft Windows Server 2003:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=83B97ECE-0010-443E-9353-82FFCAF73771

Microsoft Windows Server 2003 (Itanium):
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=A2C9E842-551C-458E-BF19-1C2BA9F21A06

Provided and/or discovered by:
Cesar Cerrudo, Application Security.

Changelog:
2005-02-09: Added link to US-CERT vulnerability notes.
2005-11-21: Added patch information for Windows XP Embedded.

Original Advisory:
MS05-012 (KB873333):
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms05-012.mspx

Other References:
US-CERT VU#927889:
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/927889

US-CERT VU#597889:
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/597889



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