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Microsoft Windows Animated Cursor Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory: SA24659
Release Date: 2007-03-30
Last Update: 2007-05-09
Popularity: 83,557 views

Critical:
Extremely 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 Vista
Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
Microsoft Windows XP Professional

Binary Analysis: BA80 :: Available for 1 Credit

Secunia CVSS-2 Score: Available in Secunia business solutions

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Description:
A vulnerability has been discovered in Microsoft Windows, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.

The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error within the handling of animated cursors and can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow via a specially crafted animated cursor file.

Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code when a user e.g. visits a malicious website using Internet Explorer or opens a malicious e-mail message.

NOTE: The vulnerability is currently being actively exploited.

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