Microsoft Agent URL Parsing Memory Corruption Vulnerability - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence

Microsoft Agent URL Parsing Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory:	SA22896	Advisory Toolbox: Issue ticket Save in to-do list Mark as handled Exploit information Download as PDF Review actions Add comment
Release Date:	2007-04-10
Last Update:	2007-04-11
Popularity:	14,090 views

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

Binary Analysis:	BA56 :: Available for 1 Credit

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CVE reference:	CVE-2007-1205

Description: Secunia Research has discovered a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system. The vulnerability is caused due to an error in Microsoft Agent (agentdpv.dll) when processing specially crafted URLs passed as arguments to certain methods. Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code when a user e.g. visits a malicious website with Internet Explorer. Solution: Apply patches. Windows 2000 (requires SP4): http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=49dc470b-64e2-47ec-be90-622b407c7751 Windows XP (requires SP2): http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=e16ededa-6e8c-40d6-a3c0-d61362411acc Windows XP Professional x64 Edition (optionally with SP2): http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=23909036-898f-41af-a3de-4a899a15d25d Windows Server 2003 (optionally with SP1/SP2): http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=281f10d2-d754-44cd-8318-9ce94b8d01b4 Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition (requires SP1/SP2): http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=50469b54-b6ff-46ed-b2bc-3b00b0984e1e Windows Server 2003 for Itanium-based systems (optionally with SP1/SP2): http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=883660ca-e976-460f-8e50-c19d1b02b42f Provided and/or discovered by: JJ Reyes and Carsten Eiram, Secunia Research. Changelog: 2007-04-11: Added link to US-CERT. Original Advisory: MS07-020 (KB932168): http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS07-020.mspx Secunia Research: http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2006-74/ Other References: US-CERT VU#728057: http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/728057 Extended Solution: The "Extended Solution" section is available for Secunia customers only. Request a trial and get access to the Secunia Customer Area and Extended Secunia advisories.

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