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Microsoft JET Database Engine Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory: SA9265
Release Date: 2003-07-16
Popularity: 13,795 views

Critical:
Less critical
Impact: Privilege escalation
Where: Local system
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

Software:Microsoft Access 2000
Microsoft Access 2002
Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC) 2.x
Microsoft Office 2000
Microsoft Office XP
Microsoft SQL Server 2000
Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Desktop Engine (MSDE 2000)
Microsoft SQL Server 7

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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in Microsoft JET Engine, which can be exploited by malicious users to escalate their privileges on a vulnerable system.

The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error when supplying an overly long (276 characters or more) function name to an SQL query. This will cause a buffer overflow potentially allowing execution of arbitrary code with higher privileges (eg. on SQL Server this will be with the SQL Server's privileges).

An example was provided in the original advisory:
SELECT * FROM OPENROWSET('microsoft.jet.oledb.4.0','c:\anydatabase.mdb';'admin';'','select XXX...[276]...XXX()')

The vulnerability has been reported to affect all software using Microsoft JET engine 4.0 with SP6 applied. However, prior versions may also be vulnerable.

The JET engine is eg. included in the following products:
- Microsoft SQL Server
- Microsoft Access
- Microsoft MSDE
- Microsoft MDAC (versions below 2.6)

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