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Microsoft VBScript/JScript Script Decoding Buffer Overflow

Secunia Advisory:

SA29712

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Release Date:

2008-04-08

Popularity:

9,411 views

Critical:

Highly 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

Binary Analysis:

BA452 :: Available for 1 Credit

BA455 :: Available for 1 Credit

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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported 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 VBScript and JScript scripting engines when decoding scripts in web pages. This can be exploited to cause a buffer overflow via e.g. a website containing specially crafted scripts.

Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code.

NOTE: This vulnerability does not affected systems with Internet Explorer 7.

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