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Windows HTML Help ActiveX Control Memory Corruption Advisory Available in Danish 

Secunia Advisory: SA20906  
Release Date: 2006-07-04
Last Update: 2006-08-09

Critical:
Highly 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 Home Edition
Microsoft Windows XP Professional


CVE reference:CVE-2006-3357 (Secunia mirror)

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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.

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Solution:
Apply patches.

Windows 2000 SP4:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=34ebe5d3-40c9-41dc-aaff-64608d3ac7b1

Windows XP SP1/SP2:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=a6e2cb0a-146f-4300-95cb-7078ce9f9844

Windows XP Professional x64 Edition:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=997a633a-8836-4c0f-98f9-1fd378de4b0c

Windows Server 2003 (optionally with SP1):
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=5132c3bc-f3af-464e-a615-60f72677bd4b

Windows Server 2003 for Itanium-based systems (optionally with SP1):
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=527cc785-e69e-4ade-aaf7-61f96ac3ca7a

Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=fd1253b0-f4db-4808-a381-98ff9870ebb3

Provided and/or discovered by:
Discovered independently by:
* Cody Pierce, TippingPoint Security Research Team.
* H D Moore

Changelog:
2006-07-10: Added link to US-CERT vulnerability note.
2006-07-11: Added CVE reference.
2006-08-08: Added additional information from Microsoft. Updated "Solution" section.
2006-08-09: Added additional information provided by TippingPoint.

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

Other References:
US-CERT VU#159220:
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/159220



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