Microsoft Access 2000 Shared Sections denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as problematic has been identified in Microsoft Access 2000. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Shared Sections Handler. Such manipulation leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2005-2429. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available. Restrictive firewalling should be applied.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Access 2000 (Database Software). It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block of the component Shared Sections Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

Firefox, when opening Microsoft Word documents, does not properly set the permissions on shared sections, which allows remote attackers to write arbitrary data to open applications in Microsoft Office.

The bug was discovered 07/29/2005. The weakness was shared 07/29/2005 by Sylvain Roger with Solucom (Website). The advisory is shared for download at secunia.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2005-2429 since 08/03/2005. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1499.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at windowsupdate.microsoft.com.Addressing this vulnerability is possible by firewalling . The best possible mitigation is suggested to be applying a restrictive firewalling.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (24346), OSVDB (18484†) and Secunia (SA16256†). The entries VDB-1668, VDB-1665, VDB-1669 and VDB-1667 are related to this item. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Remote: Yes

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Recommended: Firewall
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Patch: windowsupdate.microsoft.com

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07/29/2005 🔍
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08/03/2005 +1 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: secunia.com⛔
Researcher: Sylvain Roger
Organization: Solucom
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2005-2429 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-2429
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-1664
X-Force: 24346 - Microsoft Office \\BaseNamedObjects\\Mso97SharedDg denial of service, Medium Risk
Secunia: 16256 - Microsoft Office Insecure Shared Section Permissions, Not Critical
OSVDB: 18484 - Mozilla Firefox with Microsoft Office Shared Section Permission Weakness Information Disclosure

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Entryinfo

Created: 08/02/2005 15:07
Updated: 07/03/2019 20:37
Changes: 08/02/2005 15:07 (63), 07/03/2019 20:37 (7)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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