Description: A vulnerability has been reported in Microsoft Windows 2000, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.
The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error in the Microsoft Agent ActiveX control (agentdpv.dll) when handling specially crafted URLs passed as argument to a certain unspecified method. This can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow when a user e.g. visits a malicious website.
Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code.
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Provided and/or discovered by: Independently discovered by:
* Assurent Secure Technologies
* An anonymous researcher via iDefense.
The vendor also credits Yamata Li, Palo Alto Networks.
Changelog: 2007-09-12: Added additional links and updated advisory based on additional information from iDefense Labs and Assurent Secure Technologies.
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