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Microsoft Windows Shell MSHTA Script Execution Vulnerability

Secunia Advisory:

SA14909

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Release Date:

2005-04-12

Last Update:

2005-11-21

Popularity:

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Critical:

Moderately 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 XP Embedded
Microsoft Windows XP Professional

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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in Microsoft Windows, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.

The problem is caused due to a design error, as certain files including Word documents contain the CLSID of the program used for opening the file. This can be exploited to execute arbitrary script code contained in non-executable files by substituting the CLSID with the "MSHTA.EXE" program.

Successful exploitation requires that a user double-clicks the malicious file that contains an unhandled extension (e.g. ".d0c).

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