Microsoft Office 2000/2003/XP PNG Image memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Microsoft Office 2000/2003/XP. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component PNG Image Handler. This manipulation causes memory corruption. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2006-0007. No exploit is available. Applying a patch is the recommended action to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Office 2000/2003/XP (Office Suite Software). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing of the component PNG Image Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Buffer overflow in GIFIMP32.FLT, as used in Microsoft Office 2003 SP1 and SP2, Office XP SP3, Office 2000 SP3, and other products, allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted GIF image that triggers memory corruption when it is parsed.

The bug was discovered 07/11/2006. The weakness was published 07/11/2006 by NSFocus Security Team with Fortinet as MS06-039 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is shared at microsoft.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2006-0007 since 11/09/2005. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 2591 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 861284 , which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 110036 (Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Filters Could Allow Remote Code Execution (MS06-039)).

Applying the patch MS06-039 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at microsoft.com. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Attack attempts may be identified with Snort ID 8414. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 9167.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (27556), Tenable (861284), SecurityFocus (BID 18915†), OSVDB (27146†) and Secunia (SA21013†). Similar entries are available at VDB-2364 and VDB-31235. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 861284
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OpenVAS ID: 861284
OpenVAS Name: Family Connections argv[1] Parameter Remote Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability
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Patch: MS06-039

Snort ID: 8414
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS06-039
Researcher: NSFocus Security Team
Organization: Fortinet
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2006-0007 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-0007
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-2365

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X-Force: 27556
SecurityFocus: 18915 - Microsoft Office Malformed GIF File Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Secunia: 21013 - Microsoft Office Image Filters Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 27146 - Microsoft Office GIFIMP32.FLT GIF Parsing Overflow
SecurityTracker: 1016470
Vulnerability Center: 12234 - [MS06-039] Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution via Crafted GIF Image, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2006-2757

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Entryinfo

Created: 07/17/2006 12:28
Updated: 01/19/2025 19:19
Changes: 07/17/2006 12:28 (106), 06/22/2019 10:31 (1), 01/19/2025 19:19 (17)
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