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Microsoft XML Core Services "substringData()" Integer Overflow Advisory Available in Danish  Advisory Available in German 

Secunia Advisory: SA26447  
Release Date: 2007-08-14
Last Update: 2008-01-10

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

Software:Microsoft Core XML Services (MSXML) 6.x
Microsoft Expression Web 1.x
Microsoft Office 2003 Professional Edition
Microsoft Office 2003 Small Business Edition
Microsoft Office 2003 Standard Edition
Microsoft Office 2003 Student and Teacher Edition
Microsoft Office 2007
Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats
Microsoft Office Groove Server 2007
Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007
Microsoft Word Viewer 2003
Microsoft XML Core Services (MSXML) 4.x
Microsoft XML Core Services 3.x

CVE reference:CVE-2007-2223 (Secunia mirror)

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

The vulnerability is caused due to an integer overflow error in the "substringData()" method of an XMLDOM/TextNode JavaScript object. This can be exploited to cause a heap-based buffer overflow via specially-crafted arguments passed to the affected method.

Successful exploitation may allow execution of arbitrary code when a user e.g. visits a malicious website.

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Solution:
Apply patches.

Microsoft XML Core Services 3.0 for Windows 2000 SP4:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=245214ea-76f9-4755-8a14-a74232e20c1c

Microsoft XML Core Services 4.0 for Windows 2000 SP4:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=021E12F5-CB46-43DF-A2B8-185639BA2807

Microsoft XML Core Services 6.0 for Windows 2000 SP4:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=70C92E77-9E5A-41B1-A9D2-64443913C976

Microsoft XML Core Services 3.0 for Windows XP SP2:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=dea6a48f-fb00-43f3-a374-3220f9759c2d

Microsoft XML Core Services 3.0 for Windows XP Professional x64 Edition (optionally with SP2):
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=b8862ca9-1203-4056-a257-29271838ac0d

Microsoft XML Core Services 4.0 for Windows XP SP2
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=021E12F5-CB46-43DF-A2B8-185639BA2807

Microsoft XML Core Services 4.0 for Windows XP Professional x64 Edition (optionally with SP2):
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=021E12F5-CB46-43DF-A2B8-185639BA2807

Microsoft XML Core Services 6.0 for Windows XP SP2
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=70C92E77-9E5A-41B1-A9D2-64443913C976

Microsoft XML Core Services 6.0 for Windows XP Professional x64 Edition (optionally with SP2):
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=70C92E77-9E5A-41B1-A9D2-64443913C976

Microsoft XML Core Services 3.0 for Windows Server 2003 SP1/SP2:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=12618ad0-aefd-4c9a-a769-4b14a7603d6e

Microsoft XML Core Services 3.0 for Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition (optionally with SP2):
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=61bf00a9-aeea-431a-86d3-526a4a373bb7

Microsoft XML Core Services 3.0 for Windows Server 2003 for Itanium-based systems SP1/SP2:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=b0285dd7-bf66-4226-9948-26e8aae99046

Microsoft XML Core Services 4.0 for Windows Server 2003 SP1/SP2:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=021E12F5-CB46-43DF-A2B8-185639BA2807

Microsoft XML Core Services 4.0 for Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition (optionally with SP2):
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=021E12F5-CB46-43DF-A2B8-185639BA2807

Microsoft XML Core Services 4.0 for Windows Server 2003 for Itanium-based systems SP1/SP2:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=021E12F5-CB46-43DF-A2B8-185639BA2807

Microsoft XML Core Services 6.0 for Windows Server 2003 SP1/SP2:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=70C92E77-9E5A-41B1-A9D2-64443913C976

Microsoft XML Core Services 6.0 for Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition (optionally with SP2):
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=70C92E77-9E5A-41B1-A9D2-64443913C976

Microsoft XML Core Services 6.0 for Windows Server 2003 for Itanium-based systems SP1/SP2:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=70C92E77-9E5A-41B1-A9D2-64443913C976

Microsoft XML Core Services 3.0 for Windows Vista:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=c734d7de-5d87-4904-81c3-714db2cb8b0d

Microsoft XML Core Services 3.0 for Windows Vista x64 Edition:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=0a465d77-a737-4d26-82a1-570f9c788a8a

Microsoft XML Core Services 4.0 for Windows Vista:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=021E12F5-CB46-43DF-A2B8-185639BA2807

Microsoft XML Core Services 4.0 for Windows Vista x64 Edition:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=021E12F5-CB46-43DF-A2B8-185639BA2807

Microsoft XML Core Services 6.0 for Windows Vista:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=14270529-3ae5-43bf-a471-722ab010d81e

Microsoft XML Core Services 6.0 for Windows Vista x64 Edition:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=928da3d2-b0b9-447a-b37a-4350497fe563

Microsoft XML Core Services 5.0 in Microsoft Office 2003 Service Pack 2:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=A339CB7B-E08A-47F8-AC0B-DF449191424A

Microsoft XML Core Services 5.0 in 2007 Microsoft Office System:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=7A97478A-832C-4A6B-B074-0E18B1E4ED33

Microsoft XML Core Services 5.0 in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=E875613B-2F32-4F28-A635-664A25C95C18

Microsoft XML Core Services 5.0 in Microsoft Office Groove Server 2007:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=E875613B-2F32-4F28-A635-664A25C95C18

Microsoft XML Core Services 5.0 in Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=7A97478A-832C-4A6B-B074-0E18B1E4ED33

Microsoft XML Core Services 5.0 in Microsoft Expression Web:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=7A97478A-832C-4A6B-B074-0E18B1E4ED33

Microsoft XML Core Services 5.0 in Microsoft Word Viewer 2003:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=A339CB7B-E08A-47F8-AC0B-DF449191424A

Provided and/or discovered by:
Independently discovered by:
* An anonymous researcher, reported via iDefense Labs
* An anonymous researcher, reported via ZDI

Changelog:
2007-08-15: Added links to US-CERT and ZDI.
2007-08-16: Updated advisory and added additional link to iDefense Labs.
2007-09-28: Added "Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats" and "Microsoft Expression Web" to the list of affected products. Updated "Solution" section.
2008-01-10: Added "Microsoft Word Viewer 2003" in list of affected products. Updated "Solution" section.

Original Advisory:
MS07-042 (KB936227):
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS07-042.mspx

ZDI:
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-07-048.html

iDefense Labs:
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=576

Other References:
US-CERT VU#361968:
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/361968



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