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Microsoft Windows HTML Help ActiveX Control Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory:	SA24136	Advisory Toolbox: Issue ticket Save in to-do list Mark as handled Exploit information Download as PDF Review actions Add comment
Release Date:	2007-02-13
Last Update:	2007-02-14
Popularity:	11,146 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

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CVE reference:	CVE-2007-0214

Description: A vulnerability has been reported in Microsoft Windows, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system. The vulnerability is caused due to certain parameters not being properly initialised by the HTML ActiveX control (Hhctrl.ocx) when handling certain methods. Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code when a user e.g. visits a malicious website. NOTE: Other unspecified issues discovered internally by Microsoft have also been reported. Solution: Apply patches. Windows 2000 SP4: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=211a9c07-88ff-4ae4-a82a-ce2045c6c4fe Windows XP SP2: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=a3700273-d7da-4a60-ba80-c95c8036d670 Windows XP Professional x64 Edition: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=69ef4daa-cf0f-4898-8675-911428e7fd74 Windows Server 2003 (optionally with SP1): http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=5a1f1607-b6ec-41e2-aac0-34387f1211a7 Windows Server 2003 for Itanium-based systems (optionally with SP1): http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=d638c8e8-5fbe-4a32-945c-440a4b684b0f Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=65bf2245-6c89-43db-8d28-12988791c395 Provided and/or discovered by: The vendor credits HD Moore, BreakingPoint Systems. Changelog: 2007-02-14: Added links to US-CERT. Original Advisory: MS07-008 (KB928843): http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS07-008.mspx Other References: US-CERT VU#563756: http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/563756

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