Microsoft Windows Explorer WMF File Handling Denial of Service Vulnerability

BID:22715

Info

Microsoft Windows Explorer WMF File Handling Denial of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 22715
Class: Failure to Handle Exceptional Conditions
CVE: CVE-2007-1090
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Feb 25 2007 12:00AM
Updated: May 12 2015 07:34PM
Credit: sehato and AzM independently discovered this vulnerability.
Vulnerable: Microsoft Windows XP Tablet PC Edition SP2
Microsoft Windows XP Tablet PC Edition SP1
Microsoft Windows XP Tablet PC Edition
Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP2
Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP1
Microsoft Windows XP Professional
Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition SP2
Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition SP1
Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition
Microsoft Windows XP Home SP2
Microsoft Windows XP Home SP1
Microsoft Windows XP Home
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Web Edition SP1
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Web Edition
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition SP1
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition SP1
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition SP1
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Microsoft Windows Explorer WMF File Handling Denial of Service Vulnerability

Microsoft Windows Explorer is prone to a denial-of-service vulnerability.

A remote attacker may exploit this vulnerability by presenting a malicious file to a victim user. Users do not have to open the file -- simply browsing a folder containing the malicious file is sufficient to trigger this issue.

A successful exploit will crash the vulnerable application, effectively denying service.

This issue may be related to BID 19365 (Microsoft Windows GDI32.DLL WMF Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability) or BID 21992 (Microsoft Windows Explorer WMF File Denial of Service Vulnerability).

Exploit / POC

Microsoft Windows Explorer WMF File Handling Denial of Service Vulnerability

The following exploit is available:

Solution / Fix

Microsoft Windows Explorer WMF File Handling Denial of Service Vulnerability

Solution:
Currently we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches for this issue. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

References

Microsoft Windows Explorer WMF File Handling Denial of Service Vulnerability

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