Microsoft Windows Graphics Rendering Engine EMF File Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

BID:23278

Info

Microsoft Windows Graphics Rendering Engine EMF File Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 23278
Class: Boundary Condition Error
CVE: CVE-2007-1212
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Apr 03 2007 12:00AM
Updated: Apr 19 2007 10:01PM
Credit: Shaun Colley of NGS Software discovered this vulnerability.
Vulnerable: Nortel Networks Self-Service Speech Server 0
Nortel Networks Self-Service Peri NT Server 0
Nortel Networks Self-Service Peri IVR 0
Nortel Networks Self-Service Peri Application 0
Nortel Networks Self-Service MPS 500 0
Nortel Networks Self-Service MPS 1000 0
Nortel Networks Self-Service MPS 100 0
Nortel Networks Self-Service Media Processing Server 0
Nortel Networks Self-Service - Web Centric CCXML
Nortel Networks Self-Service 0
Nortel Networks Multimedia Communication Platform
Nortel Networks Meridian SL-100
Nortel Networks Enterprise Network Management System
Nortel Networks Contact Center Manager Server 0
Nortel Networks Contact Center Manager
Nortel Networks Contact Center Express
Nortel Networks Contact Center Administration 0
Nortel Networks Contact Center - TAPI Server 0
Nortel Networks Contact Center - Symposium Agent 0
Nortel Networks Contact Center - Agent Desktop Display 0
Nortel Networks Centrex IP Element Manager 9.0
Nortel Networks Centrex IP Element Manager 8.0
Nortel Networks Centrex IP Element Manager 7.0
Nortel Networks CallPilot 703t
Nortel Networks CallPilot 702t
Nortel Networks CallPilot 201i
Nortel Networks CallPilot 200i
Microsoft Windows XP Tablet PC Edition SP2
Microsoft Windows XP Tablet PC Edition SP1
Microsoft Windows XP Tablet PC Edition
Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition SP2
Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 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 XP Gold 0
Microsoft Windows XP Embedded SP1
Microsoft Windows XP Embedded
Microsoft Windows XP 0
Microsoft Windows Vista x64 Edition 0
Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Basic
Microsoft Windows Vista Enterprise
Microsoft Windows Vista Business
Microsoft Windows Vista 0
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Web Edition SP2
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Web Edition SP1
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Web Edition
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard x64 Edition
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition SP1
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Itanium SP2
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Itanium SP1
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Itanium 0
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise x64 Edition SP2
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise x64 Edition
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition Itanium SP1
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition Itanium 0
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition SP1
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter x64 Edition SP2
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter x64 Edition
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition Itanium SP1
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition Itanium 0
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition SP1
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition
Microsoft Windows 2000 Server SP4
Microsoft Windows 2000 Server SP3
Microsoft Windows 2000 Server SP2
Microsoft Windows 2000 Server SP1
Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
+ Avaya DefinityOne Media Servers
+ Avaya IP600 Media Servers
+ Avaya S3400 Message Application Server 0
+ Avaya S8100 Media Servers 0
Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP4
Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP3
Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP2
Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP1
Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server SP4
Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server SP3
Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server SP2
Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server SP1
Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server
Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP4
Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP3
Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP2
Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP1
Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
HP Storage Management Appliance 2.1
+ HP Storage Management Appliance III
+ HP Storage Management Appliance II
+ HP Storage Management Appliance I
Avaya Messaging Application Server MM 3.1
Avaya Messaging Application Server MM 3.0
Avaya Messaging Application Server MM 2.0
Avaya Messaging Application Server 0
Avaya Customer Interaction Express (CIE) User Interface 1.0
Avaya Customer Interaction Express (CIE) Server 1.0
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Microsoft Windows Graphics Rendering Engine EMF File Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Microsoft Windows Graphics Rendering Engine is prone to a local privilege-escalation vulnerability when rendering malformed EMF image files.

An attacker may exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code with SYSTEM-level privileges, facilitating the complete compromise of affected computers.

Exploit / POC

Microsoft Windows Graphics Rendering Engine EMF File Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

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

Solution / Fix

Microsoft Windows Graphics Rendering Engine EMF File Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Solution:
Microsoft has released a bulletin that includes fixes to address this issue. Please see the references for more information.


Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition SP1

Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition SP2

Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Itanium SP1

Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Itanium 0

Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition Itanium SP1

Microsoft Windows Vista x64 Edition 0

Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter x64 Edition SP2

Microsoft Windows XP Tablet PC Edition SP2

Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition Itanium 0

Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Web Edition SP2

Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium

Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition SP1

Microsoft Windows Vista Enterprise

Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition SP2

Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition

Microsoft Windows Vista 0

Microsoft Windows Vista Business

Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise x64 Edition

Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition Itanium 0

Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter x64 Edition

Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition SP1

Microsoft Windows Vista Home Basic

Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition

Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP4

Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate

Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition

Microsoft Windows XP Home SP2

Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server SP4

Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Itanium SP2

Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Web Edition

Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition

Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Web Edition SP1

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