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Outlook Express Windows Address Book File Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory:	SA19617	Advisory Toolbox: Issue ticket Save in to-do list Mark as handled Exploit information Download as PDF Review actions Add comment
Release Date:	2006-04-11
Popularity:	15,929 views

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

Software:	Microsoft Outlook Express 5.5 Microsoft Outlook Express 6

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CVE reference:	CVE-2006-0014

Description: A vulnerability has been reported in Microsoft Outlook Express, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system. The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error when parsing Windows Address Book (.wab) files. This can be exploited to cause a heap-based buffer overflow if a user is tricked into opening a specially crafted .wab file. Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code. Solution: Apply patches. Outlook Express 6 on Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2003 SP1: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=484DE679-5505-4196-BDD8-F7CF325AF0F5 Outlook Express 6 on Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=A7B10D8F-D9D7-4423-AA6D-C1C41D23794E Outlook Express 6 on Windows Server 2003 on Itanium-based systems and Windows Server 2003 with SP1 for Itanium-based systems: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=800BF687-BEE5-478F-A025-43CD16682F31 Outlook Express 6 on Windows XP SP2: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=0DD827BC-6FA1-405A-933E-FB422A4E8096 Outlook Express 6 on Windows XP Professional x64 Edition: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=FF772C0B-6F98-449D-B02E-C9C236068172 Outlook Express 6 SP1 on Windows XP SP1 or Windows 2000 SP4: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=CDA93501-99CB-4F28-BB73-6438CAD081DB Outlook Express 5.5 SP2 on Windows 2000 SP4: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=E61A3D64-14FD-4976-BB03-C31CA6EE61E2 Provided and/or discovered by: Stuart Pearson, Computer Terrorism (UK). The vendor also credits ATmaCA. Original Advisory: MS06-016 (KB911567): http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS06-016.mspx Zero Day Initiative: http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-06-007.html

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