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Microsoft Windows / Office Korean Input Method Editor Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory:	SA18859	Advisory Toolbox: Issue ticket Save in to-do list Mark as handled Exploit information Download as PDF Review actions Add comment
Release Date:	2006-02-14
Last Update:	2006-02-16
Popularity:	15,167 views

Critical:	Moderately critical
Impact:	System access
Where:	From local network
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 Home Edition Microsoft Windows XP Professional

Software:	Microsoft Office 2003 Professional Edition Microsoft Office 2003 Proofing Tools Microsoft Office 2003 Small Business Edition Microsoft Office 2003 Standard Edition Microsoft Office 2003 Student and Teacher Edition Microsoft OneNote 2003 Microsoft Project 2003 Microsoft Visio 2003

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CVE reference:	CVE-2006-0008

Description: Ryan Lee has reported a vulnerability in various Microsoft products, which can be exploited by malicious people to gain escalated privileges or compromise a vulnerable system. The vulnerability is caused due to an error in the Korean Input Method Editor (IME), which causes it to run notepad.exe with SYSTEM privileges when a person displays the "About Korean IME" dialog box and chooses the read the EULA. Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary commands with SYSTEM privileges, but requires access to a login prompt either locally or via RDP (Remote Desktop Protocol). Solution: Apply patches. Microsoft Windows XP SP1 / Microsoft Windows XP SP2: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=290453DF-1CAE-4691-B20C-5D65D92216BF Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=7D75BF5C-2E1D-4793-B7D1-DD372A99ECA5 Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP1: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=A092BA0F-C753-444B-A572-492E4ECB2D3F Microsoft Windows Server 2003 (Itanium) and Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP1 (Itanium): http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=8479C2EB-0FB6-4879-9C3D-B49BD864A71C Microsoft Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=66E495E8-CD52-4E76-B20A-4471FA941556 Microsoft Office 2003 SP1 / SP2 (KB905645): http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...-887E-616DB9B09591&displaylang=en Microsoft Office 2003 Multilingual User Interface Packs (KB905645): http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...-B78D-0795CBB0E80E&displaylang=en Microsoft Office Visio 2003 Multilingual User Interface Packs (KB909115): http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...-9D14-138CEA57AF96&displaylang=en Microsoft Office Project 2003 Multilingual User Interface Packs (KB909118): http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...-9AC0-3A11B81A4C1D&displaylang=en Microsoft Office 2003 Proofing Tools (KB905645): http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...-A4D2-690183462D0F&displaylang=en Microsoft Office Visio 2003 (KB905645): http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...-887E-616DB9B09591&displaylang=en Microsoft Office OneNote 2003 (KB905645): http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...-887E-616DB9B09591&displaylang=en Microsoft Office Project 2003 (KB905645): http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...-887E-616DB9B09591&displaylang=en Provided and/or discovered by: Ryan Lee, VMCraft. Changelog: 2006-02-15: Added link to US-CERT vulnerability note. 2006-02-16: Added additional information provided by Ryan Lee. Original Advisory: MS06-009 (KB901190): http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS06-009.mspx Ryan Lee: http://www.ryanstyle.com/alert/my/5/ms06_009_eng.html Other References: US-CERT VU#739844: http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/739844

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