Microsoft Office Web Components ActiveX Control URL Parsing Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

BID:28135

Info

Microsoft Office Web Components ActiveX Control URL Parsing Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 28135
Class: Unknown
CVE: CVE-2006-4695
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Mar 11 2008 12:00AM
Updated: Mar 17 2008 03:51PM
Credit: Chris Ries of VigilantMinds Inc. and Xiaohui of NCNIPC are credited with the discovery of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable: Microsoft Office Web Components 2000 0
+ Microsoft Back Office Server 2000
+ Microsoft Back Office Server 2000
+ Microsoft BizTalk Server 2000 Developer Edition SP2
+ Microsoft BizTalk Server 2000 Developer Edition SP2
+ Microsoft BizTalk Server 2000 Developer Edition SP1a
+ Microsoft BizTalk Server 2000 Developer Edition SP1a
+ Microsoft BizTalk Server 2000 Developer Edition
+ Microsoft BizTalk Server 2000 Developer Edition
+ Microsoft BizTalk Server 2000 Enterprise Edition SP2
+ Microsoft BizTalk Server 2000 Enterprise Edition SP2
+ Microsoft BizTalk Server 2000 Enterprise Edition SP1a
+ Microsoft BizTalk Server 2000 Enterprise Edition SP1a
+ Microsoft BizTalk Server 2000 Enterprise Edition
+ Microsoft BizTalk Server 2000 Enterprise Edition
+ Microsoft BizTalk Server 2000 Standard Edition SP2
+ Microsoft BizTalk Server 2000 Standard Edition SP2
+ Microsoft BizTalk Server 2000 Standard Edition SP1a
+ Microsoft BizTalk Server 2000 Standard Edition SP1a
+ Microsoft BizTalk Server 2000 Standard Edition
+ Microsoft BizTalk Server 2000 Standard Edition
+ Microsoft BizTalk Server 2002 Developer Edition
+ Microsoft BizTalk Server 2002 Enterprise Edition
+ Microsoft Commerce Server 2000 SP2
+ Microsoft Commerce Server 2000 SP2
+ Microsoft Commerce Server 2000 SP1
+ Microsoft Commerce Server 2000 SP1
+ Microsoft Commerce Server 2000
+ Microsoft Commerce Server 2000
+ Microsoft Commerce Server 2002
+ Microsoft Internet Explorer for Unix SP2
+ Microsoft ISA Server 2000 SP2
+ Microsoft ISA Server 2000 SP1
+ Microsoft ISA Server 2000 SP1
+ Microsoft ISA Server 2000 FP1
+ Microsoft ISA Server 2000
+ Microsoft ISA Server 2000
+ Microsoft ISA Server 2000 Enterprise Edition SP2
+ Microsoft ISA Server 2000 Enterprise Edition SP1
+ Microsoft ISA Server 2000 Enterprise Edition
+ Microsoft Office 2000 SP2
+ Microsoft Office 2000 SP2
+ Microsoft Office 2000 SP1
+ Microsoft Office 2000 SP1
+ Microsoft Office 2000
+ Microsoft Office 2000
+ Microsoft Office XP SP3
+ Microsoft Office XP SP2
+ Microsoft Office XP SP1
+ Microsoft Office XP
+ Microsoft Small Business Server 2000 0
+ Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2002
+ Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003 Enterprise Architect
+ Microsoft Visual Studio .NET Enterprise Architect Edition
+ Microsoft Visual Studio .NET Enterprise Developer Edition
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Microsoft Office Web Components ActiveX Control URL Parsing Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Microsoft Office Web Components is prone to a remote code-execution vulnerability.

An attacker may exploit this issue by enticing victims into opening a maliciously crafted HTML document.

Successfully exploiting this issue allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code in the context of the application using the ActiveX control (typically Internet Explorer). Failed exploit attempts will likely result in denial-of-service conditions.

Exploit / POC

Microsoft Office Web Components ActiveX Control URL Parsing Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Core Security Technologies has developed a working commercial exploit for its CORE IMPACT product. This exploit is not otherwise publicly available or known to be circulating in the wild.

Solution / Fix

Microsoft Office Web Components ActiveX Control URL Parsing Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Solution:
Microsoft has released an advisory and fixes to address this issue. Please see the references for more information.


Microsoft Office Web Components 2000 0

References

Microsoft Office Web Components ActiveX Control URL Parsing Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

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