Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 mdsauth.dll memory corruption

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A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 (Web Browser). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown code block in the library mdsauth.dll. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Unspecified vulnerability in the mdsauth.dll COM object in Microsoft Windows Media Server in the Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 SP4 on Windows 2000 SP4; 6 SP1 on Windows 2000 SP4; 6 and 7 on Windows XP SP2, or Windows Server 2003 SP1 or SP2; or 7 on Windows Vista allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via unspecified vectors, aka the "Arbitrary File Rewrite Vulnerability."

The issue has been introduced in 11/08/1999. The weakness was shared 05/08/2007 by cocoruder with Fortinet Security Research as confirmed advisory (CERT.org). The advisory is shared at kb.cert.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2007-2221 since 04/24/2007. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known.

The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 2738 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $100k and more. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 25166 (MS07-027: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (931768)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows : Microsoft Bulletins.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Attack attempts may be identified with Snort ID 11224.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (33355), Tenable (25166) and Exploit-DB (3892). The entries 3057, 3056, 3054 and 3055 are related to this item.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
ATT&CK: Unknown

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Nessus ID: 25166
Nessus Name: MS07-027: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (931768)
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OpenVAS Name: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (931768)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Snort ID: 11224
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Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: kb.cert.org
Researcher: cocoruder
Organization: Fortinet Security Research
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2007-2221 (🔍)
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X-Force: 33355
SecurityTracker: 1018019 - Microsoft Internet Explorer Bugs Let Remote Users Modify Files or Execute Arbitrary Code
Vulnerability Center: 15050 - [MS07-027] Microsoft Internet Explorer Windows Media Server Remote Code Execution and File Overwrite, Medium
SecurityFocus: 23827 - Microsoft Windows Media Server MDSAuth.DLL ActiveX Control Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Secunia: 23769 - Internet Explorer Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 34404 - Microsoft IE Media Service Component Arbitrary File Rewrite
Vupen: ADV-2007-1712

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 03/13/2015 14:56
Updated: 07/14/2021 16:30
Changes: 03/13/2015 14:56 (75), 05/07/2019 12:42 (23), 07/14/2021 16:30 (2)
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