Microsoft Windows 2000/Server 2003/XP Web Fonts memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Microsoft Windows 2000/Server 2003/XP. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Web Fonts. The manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2006-0010. No exploit exists. A patch should be applied to remediate this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Microsoft Windows 2000/Server 2003/XP (Operating System). Affected is some unknown functionality of the component Web Fonts. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Heap-based buffer overflow in T2EMBED.DLL in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP1 and SP2, and Server 2003 up to SP1, Windows 98, and Windows ME allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an e-mail message or web page with a crafted Embedded Open Type (EOT) web font that triggers the overflow during decompression.

The bug was discovered 07/31/2005. The weakness was disclosed 01/10/2006 by Fang Xing with eEye Digital Security as MS06-002 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is available at microsoft.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2006-0010 since 11/09/2005. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 2010 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 20389 (MS06-002: Vulnerability in Embedded Web Fonts Could Allow Remote Code Execution (908519)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows : Microsoft Bulletins and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 90292 (Vulnerability In Embedded Web Fonts Could Allow Remote Code Execution (MS06-002)).

Applying the patch MS06-002 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at windowsupdate.microsoft.com. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Attack attempts may be identified with Snort ID 16089. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 25071.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (23922), Tenable (20389), SecurityFocus (BID 16194†), OSVDB (18829†) and Secunia (SA18391†). The entries VDB-1964 and VDB-1963 are pretty similar. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 20389
Nessus Name: MS06-002: Vulnerability in Embedded Web Fonts Could Allow Remote Code Execution (908519)
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Patch: MS06-002

Snort ID: 16089
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com
Product: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS06-002
Researcher: Fang Xing
Organization: eEye Digital Security
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2006-0010 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-0010
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-1962

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X-Force: 23922 - Microsoft Windows embedded Open Type Web font buffer overflow, High Risk
SecurityFocus: 16194 - Microsoft Windows Embedded Web Font Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia: 18391 - Avaya Products Microsoft Windows Embedded Web Fonts Code Execution, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 18829 - Microsoft Windows Open Type (EOT) Font Handling Remote Overflow
SecurityTracker: 1015459 - Microsoft Windows Embedded Web Fonts Buffer Overflow Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
Vulnerability Center: 10142 - [MS06-002] Microsoft Windows Code Execution via Crafted Embedded Open Type (EOT) Web Font, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2006-0118

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Entryinfo

Created: 01/11/2006 14:40
Updated: 06/25/2025 04:44
Changes: 01/11/2006 14:40 (93), 11/30/2016 21:19 (14), 03/12/2021 10:16 (3), 01/19/2025 19:19 (15), 06/25/2025 04:44 (2)
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