Microsoft Windows 2000 Help Facility .CNT File :Link Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

BID:7102

Info

Microsoft Windows 2000 Help Facility .CNT File :Link Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 7102
Class: Boundary Condition Error
CVE:
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Mar 09 2003 12:00AM
Updated: Mar 09 2003 12:00AM
Credit: Discovery is credited to ThreaT <[email protected]>.
Vulnerable: 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 SP3
Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP2
Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP1
Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
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 SP3
Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP2
Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP1
Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Microsoft Windows 2000 Help Facility .CNT File :Link Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

The Microsoft Windows 2000 Help facility does not perform sufficient bounds checking on .cnt files. If a .cnt file containing an unusually long :Link URI was opened by the Windows Help facility, a buffer would be overrun, allowing the execution of arbitrary code.

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