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Microsoft Windows Win32 API Code Execution Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory: SA25640
Release Date: 2007-06-12
Last Update: 2007-06-13
Popularity: 14,355 views

Critical:
Highly critical
Impact: Privilege escalation
System access
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

OS:Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
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

Binary Analysis: BA155 :: Available for 1 Credit

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CVE reference:CVE-2007-2219


Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in Microsoft Windows, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges or by malicious people to compromise a user's system.

The vulnerability is caused due to an input validation error in the Win32 API when handling parameters to a function call. This can be exploited to execute arbitrary code via a local application using the vulnerable component or when a user e.g. views a specially crafted web page using Internet Explorer.

Solution:
Apply patches.

Windows 2000 SP4:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=3918ac76-ebb6-4886-9a9e-808eafb96b1b

Windows XP SP2:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=27c7f1b9-2d1d-40cb-ad7e-bfedb6156a9c

Windows XP Professional x64 Edition (optionally with SP2):
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=0ba12191-1e6f-443b-9150-7ab8b2deb7c2

Windows Server 2003 SP1/SP2:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=d554dff4-bcfb-4bbc-8fa0-af2f939d2610

Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition (optionally with SP2):
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=170473d8-6bb1-4fbd-8494-a059dbfdf182

Windows Server 2003 with SP1/SP2 for Itanium-based systems:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=f5e45e3c-4cac-41a5-99f7-42c2c2c73e99

Provided and/or discovered by:
The vendor credits Billy Rios, VeriSign.

Changelog:
2007-06-13: Added link to US-CERT.

Original Advisory:
MS07-035 (KB935839):
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms07-035.mspx

Other References:
US-CERT VU#457281:
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/457281


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