Microsoft Internet Explorer up to 6 pdwizard.ocx memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Microsoft Internet Explorer up to 6. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file pdwizard.ocx. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2007-3041. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Internet Explorer up to 6 (Web Browser) and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown code of the file pdwizard.ocx. 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 pdwizard.ocx ActiveX object for Internet Explorer 5.01, 6 SP1, and 7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors related to Microsoft Visual Basic 6 objects and memory corruption, aka "ActiveX Object Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

The weakness was published 08/14/2007 by Brett Moore with Microsoft as MS07-045 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is shared at microsoft.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2007-3041 since 06/05/2007. 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 are known, but no exploit is available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. We expect the 0-day to have been worth approximately $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 25883 (MS07-045: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (937143)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows : Microsoft Bulletins. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 100050 (Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (MS07-045)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch MS07-045 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at microsoft.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Attack attempts may be identified with Snort ID 12263. In this case the pattern PDWizard.File is used for detection.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (35759), Tenable (25883), SecurityFocus (BID 25295†), OSVDB (36395†) and Secunia (SA26419†). computerworld.com is providing further details. Similar entries are available at VDB-3244, VDB-3253, VDB-3243 and VDB-3241. 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: 25883
Nessus Name: MS07-045: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (937143)
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OpenVAS Name: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (937143)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Patch: MS07-045

Snort ID: 12263
Snort Message: WEB-ACTIVEX Microsoft Visual Basic 6 PDWizard.File ActiveX function call access
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS07-045
Researcher: Brett Moore
Organization: Microsoft
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2007-3041 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-3041
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-3245

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X-Force: 35759
SecurityFocus: 25295 - MS Visual Basic 6 Package and Deployment Wizard ActiveX Control Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Secunia: 26419 - Microsoft Internet Explorer Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 36395 - Microsoft IE ActiveX (pdwizard.ocx) Unspecified Memory Corruption
SecurityTracker: 1018562 - Microsoft Internet Explorer CSS and ActiveX Control Bugs Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
Vulnerability Center: 15869 - [MS07-045] Internet Explorer Vulnerability in the pdwizard.ocx ActiveX Object Allows Code Execution, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2007-2869

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Entryinfo

Created: 08/20/2007 08:42
Updated: 03/15/2021 17:00
Changes: 08/20/2007 08:42 (63), 04/07/2017 12:01 (32), 03/15/2021 16:54 (7), 03/15/2021 17:00 (2)
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