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Microsoft Windows Indexing Service Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory: SA13802
Release Date: 2005-01-11
Last Update: 2005-11-21
Popularity: 21,074 views

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

OS: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 Home Edition
Microsoft Windows XP Professional

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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in Microsoft Windows XP and 2003, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.

The vulnerability is caused due to an unchecked buffer in the indexing service. This can be exploited to execute arbitrary code through a malicious query.

Note: This vulnerability has been set to "From Remote" because the indexing service can be configured to be accessible through Internet Information Services (IIS).

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