Microsoft Windows/Office up to XP COM File Remote Code Execution

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A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Windows and Office up to XP (Operating System). It has been classified as critical. Affected is an unknown code of the component COM File Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a remote code execution vulnerability. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Windows 2000, XP, and Server 2003 does not properly "validate the use of memory regions" for COM structured storage files, which allows attackers to execute arbitrary code, aka the "COM Structured Storage Vulnerability."

The weakness was shared 02/08/2005 by Cesar Cerrudo with Application Security as MS05-010 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is available at microsoft.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2005-0047 since 01/11/2005. The attack needs to be initiated within the local network. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

As 0-day the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 16327 (MS05-012: Vulnerability in OLE and COM Could Allow Code Execution (873333)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows : Microsoft Bulletins.

Applying the patch MS05-010 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at update.microsoft.com.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (19109) and Tenable (16327). The entries 1193, 1195 and 24280 are related to this item.

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Class: Remote Code Execution
CWE: Unknown
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Remote: Partially

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Nessus ID: 16327
Nessus Name: MS05-012: Vulnerability in OLE and COM Could Allow Code Execution (873333)
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Patch: MS05-010

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com
Product: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS05-010
Researcher: Cesar Cerrudo
Organization: Application Security
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2005-0047 (🔍)
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X-Force: 19109 - Microsoft Windows OLE code execution, High Risk
SecurityTracker: 1013120 - Microsoft Windows OLE Buffer Overflow Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code and COM Access Flaw Lets Remote Authenticated Users Gain Elevated Privileges
SecurityFocus: 12488 - Microsoft OLE Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia: 14193 - Microsoft Windows OLE / COM Two Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 13602 - Microsoft Windows OLE Input Validation Overflow

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Created: 02/10/2005 15:52
Updated: 03/10/2021 14:43
Changes: 02/10/2005 15:52 (75), 09/23/2016 11:29 (8), 03/10/2021 14:40 (8), 03/10/2021 14:43 (2)
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