Microsoft Windows Animated Cursor Buffer Overflow Vulnerability - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence

Microsoft Windows Animated Cursor Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory:	SA24659	Advisory Toolbox: Issue ticket Save in to-do list Mark as handled Exploit information Download as PDF Review actions Add comment
Release Date:	2007-03-30
Last Update:	2007-05-09
Popularity:	76,363 views

Critical:	Extremely critical
Impact:	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 Server 2003 Datacenter Edition Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Web Edition Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2003 Microsoft Windows Vista Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition Microsoft Windows XP Professional

Binary Analysis:	BA80 :: Available for 1 Credit

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CVE reference:	CVE-2007-0038

Description: A vulnerability has been discovered in Microsoft Windows, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system. The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error within the handling of animated cursors and can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow via a specially crafted animated cursor file. Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code when a user e.g. visits a malicious website using Internet Explorer or opens a malicious e-mail message. NOTE: The vulnerability is currently being actively exploited. Solution: Apply patches. Windows 2000 SP4: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=92F20599-3E7B-4217-91E6-FDCFB4C56856 Windows XP SP2: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=F82EA184-945F-4B78-9463-10AC20A75020 Windows XP Professional x64 Edition: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=EA5E1B87-4DB5-4B1A-891E-29C6BD6C0184 Windows Server 2003: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=9F73A782-DEAF-46E0-B3E0-79042FF39979 Windows Server 2003 (Itanium): http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=7BA63879-4FC7-4A5C-B9B5-F98C5CDC6840 Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=3276DD11-4E2F-4183-A542-82AC3C6D9754 Windows Vista: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=D8B0E65C-5B41-46EB-92DF-0B062CFCDEEC Windows Vista x64 Edition: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=FB0FF2B5-05FE-4158-B4B7-DA0D7F82C04B Provided and/or discovered by: Discovered as a 0-day. Independently reported by Alexander Sotirov, Determina Security Research. Changelog: 2007-03-30: Added CVE reference and link to Determina. 2007-04-02: Added additional information. Updated "Extended Solution" section. 2007-04-03: Updated "Solution" section. 2007-05-09: Added additional link to Determina. Original Advisory: Microsoft (KB925902): http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS07-017.mspx Microsoft: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/935423.mspx http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive...-security-advisory-935423-posted.aspx http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive...crosoft-security-advisory-935423.aspx http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive...crosoft-security-advisory-935423.aspx Determina: http://www.determina.com/security_cen...ries/securityadvisory_0day_032907.asp http://www.determina.com/security.research/vulnerabilities/ani-header.html Other References: US-CERT VU#191609: http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/191609 Extended Solution: The "Extended Solution" section is available for Secunia customers only. Request a trial and get access to the Secunia Customer Area and Extended Secunia advisories.

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