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Microsoft RichEdit OLE Dialog Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory: SA24152
Release Date: 2007-02-13
Last Update: 2007-02-15
Popularity: 11,297 views

Critical:
Moderately 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 Storage Server 2003
Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
Microsoft Windows XP Professional

Software:Microsoft Access 2000
Microsoft Access 2002
Microsoft Access 2003
Microsoft Excel 2000
Microsoft Excel 2002
Microsoft Excel 2003
Microsoft Frontpage 2000
Microsoft Frontpage 2002
Microsoft Frontpage 2003
Microsoft InfoPath 2003
Microsoft Office 2000
Microsoft Office 2003 Professional Edition
Microsoft Office 2003 Proofing Tools
Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac
Microsoft Office Project 2002
Microsoft OneNote 2003
Microsoft Outlook 2000
Microsoft Outlook 2002
Microsoft Outlook 2003
Microsoft Project 2003
Microsoft Publisher 2000
Microsoft Publisher 2002
Microsoft Publisher 2003
Microsoft Visio 2002
Microsoft Visio 2003
Microsoft Word 2000
Microsoft Word 2002
Microsoft Word 2003
Microsoft Word Viewer 2003

Binary Analysis: BA47 :: Available for 1 Credit

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CVE reference:CVE-2006-1311


Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Office, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a users system.

The vulnerability is caused due to an error in RichEdit components handling of OLE objects in RTF (Rich Text Format) files. This can be exploited to cause a memory corruption by e.g. tricking a user into opening a malicious RTF document using a Microsoft Office application and interact with a specially crafted, embedded OLE object.

Solution:
Apply patches.

Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=0b0b13d3-b2fb-4cf4-8ee1-51871d39eecd

Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=3159428d-7212-4bf0-9699-3dbae5db6ca1

Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=daf2f7ac-20b4-4ec9-9467-2ddd4fc493d6

Microsoft Windows Server 2003 (with or without SP1):
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=2e8d2355-d5c5-406d-9322-5fe1b2134d2f

Microsoft Windows Server 2003 for Itanium-based Systems (with or without SP1):
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=ed6dd20f-4c0b-48f7-a1f9-613265506835

Microsoft Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=3b6ee258-b636-455b-8833-74dea6269e24

Microsoft Office 2000 Service Pack 3:
(KB920906)
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=2FF67E78-2A08-45C9-A7AC-09678D060439

Microsoft Office XP Service Pack 3:
(KB920816)
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=85C5162C-FC35-40B4-AD04-ADD247950423

Microsoft Office 2003 Service Pack 2:
(KB920813)
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=6C3BCAB8-0C99-4BE6-8DE7-71D463473A4A

Microsoft Project 2000 Service Release 1:
(KB920906)
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=019B11FC-00B8-451C-AB3C-772780D4C46A

Microsoft Office 2000 Multilanguage Packs:
(KB920906)
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=B5A087F8-74D2-4184-9986-23AB3C4EF7F2

Microsoft Project 2002 Service Pack 1:
(KB920816)
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=D162C366-C5E7-4850-B773-1FE669FAEEAF

Microsoft Visio 2002 Service Pack 2:
(KB920816)
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=B4D2E182-0997-46BC-94AC-B4B0A523C51C

Microsoft Learning Essentials 1.0, 1.1, and 1.5 for Microsoft Office:
(KB929437)
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=6215BD5B-1CB3-4FED-B08C-C31A88A75EBD

Microsoft Global Input Method Editor for Office 2000 (Japanese):
(KB920906)
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=2FF67E78-2A08-45C9-A7AC-09678D060439

Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac:
(KB932185)
http://www.microsoft.com/mac/

Provided and/or discovered by:
The vendor credits:
* Kostya Kortchinsky of Immunity, Inc.
* Fabrice Desclaux of EADS Common Research Center.

Changelog:
2007-02-15: Added link to US-CERT.

Original Advisory:
MS07-013 (KB918118):
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS07-013.mspx

Other References:
US-CERT VU#368132:
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/368132


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