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Windows HTML Help ActiveX Control Memory Corruption
Release Date: 2006-07-04 Last Update: 2006-08-09 Views: 32,753
Secunia Advisory SA20906
Where:
From remote
Impact:
System access,
Solution Status:
Vendor Patch
Operating System:
CVE Reference(s):
Description
A vulnerability has been discovered in Microsoft Windows, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.
The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error in the HTML Help ActiveX control (hhctrl.ocx) when handling the "Image" property. This can be exploited to cause a buffer overflow by setting an overly long string multiple times for the property.
Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code.
Solution:
Apply patches.
Further details available to Secunia VIM customers
Provided and/or discovered by:
Discovered independently by:
* Cody Pierce, TippingPoint Security Research Team.
* H D Moore
Original Advisory:
MS06-046 (KB922616):
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS06-046.mspx
H D Moore:
http://browserfun.blogspot.com/2006/07/mobb-2-internethhctrl-image-property.html
TippingPoint:
http://www.tippingpoint.com/security/advisories/TSRT-06-08.html
Deep Links:
Links available to Secunia VIM customers
Do you have additional information related to this advisory?
Please provide information about patches, mitigating factors, new versions, exploits, faulty patches, links, and other relevant data by posting comments to this Advisory. You can also send this information to vuln@secunia.com
Subject: Windows HTML Help ActiveX Control Memory Corruption
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