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Microsoft Windows Shell and Web View Three Vulnerabilities
Secunia Advisory: SA17168
Release Date: 2005-10-11
Last Update: 2005-11-21
Popularity: 15,212 views

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 Home Edition
Microsoft Windows XP Professional

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Description:
Three vulnerabilities have been reported in Microsoft Windows, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.

1) A boundary error exists in CSRSS when handling the properties associated a ".lnk" (shortcut) file of a console application. This can be exploited to cause a buffer overflow and allows arbitrary code execution when the user opens a specially-crafted ".lnk" file with an overly long font name property.

2) A boundary error exists in Windows Explorer when handling the properties associated with a ".lnk" file of a console application. This can be exploited to cause a buffer overflow via a specially-crafted ".lnk" file with an overly long font name property.

Successful exploitation allows arbitrary code with the privileges of the user viewing the properties of the ".lnk" file.

3) An error exists in the way Windows Explorer sanitises HTML characters embedded in certain file fields when allowing a file to be previewed in the Web View. This can be exploited in script injection attacks to execute arbitrary script code with privileges of the user viewing the malicious file.

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