Microsoft Windows OLE Automation substringData memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Windows. It has been classified as critical. This affects the function substringData of the component OLE Automation. This manipulation causes memory corruption. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2007-2224. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Microsoft Windows (Operating System) (unknown version) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is the function substringData of the component OLE Automation. 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:

Object linking and embedding (OLE) Automation, as used in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2, Server 2003 SP1 and SP2, Office 2004 for Mac, and Visual Basic 6.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via the substringData method on a TextNode object, which causes an integer overflow that leads to a buffer overflow.

The bug was discovered 08/14/2007. The weakness was presented 08/14/2007 with iDefense as MS07-043 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is shared at microsoft.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2007-2224 since 04/24/2007. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 25881 (MS07-043: Vulnerability in OLE Automation Could Allow Remote Code Execution (921503)), 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 90404 (Microsoft OLE Automation Could Allow Remote Code Execution (MS07-043)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch MS07-043 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 12279. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 5460.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (28660), Tenable (25881), SecurityFocus (BID 25282†), OSVDB (36387†) and Secunia (SA26449†). Additional details are provided at computerworld.com. See VDB-3244, VDB-3245, VDB-3241 and VDB-3246 for similar entries. 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: 25881
Nessus Name: MS07-043: Vulnerability in OLE Automation Could Allow Remote Code Execution (921503)
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Patch: MS07-043

Snort ID: 12279
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Vendor: microsoft.com
Product: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS07-043
Organization: iDefense
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2007-2224 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-2224
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-3253

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X-Force: 28660
SecurityFocus: 25282 - Microsoft OLE Automation SubstringData Function Integer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia: 26449
OSVDB: 36387 - Microsoft Windows OLE Automation TextNode Object substringData Method Overflow
SecurityTracker: 1018560
Vulnerability Center: 15862 - [MS07-043] Microsoft OLE Automation Integer Overflow Vulnerability Allows Code Execution and DoS, High
Vupen: ADV-2007-2867

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Entryinfo

Created: 08/20/2007 08:42
Updated: 06/08/2025 21:21
Changes: 08/20/2007 08:42 (99), 07/23/2019 15:24 (1), 06/08/2025 21:21 (18)
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