Microsoft Visual Studio .net 2005 ActiveX Control wmiscriptutils.dll memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Microsoft Visual Studio .net 2005. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality in the library wmiscriptutils.dll of the component ActiveX Control. This manipulation causes memory corruption. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2006-4704. Moreover, an exploit is present. To fix this issue, it is recommended to deploy a patch.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Microsoft Visual Studio .net 2005 (Programming Tool Software). Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing in the library wmiscriptutils.dll of the component ActiveX Control. 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:

Cross-zone scripting vulnerability in the WMI Object Broker (WMIScriptUtils.WMIObjectBroker2) ActiveX control (WmiScriptUtils.dll) in Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 allows remote attackers to bypass Internet zone restrictions and execute arbitrary code by instantiating dangerous objects, aka "WMI Object Broker Vulnerability."

The bug was discovered 10/30/2006. The weakness was disclosed 11/01/2006 by TippingPoint with TippingPoint and the Zero Day Initiative (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at us-cert.gov. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2006-4704 since 09/11/2006. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details and also a public exploit are known.

A public exploit has been developed in Perl Module. It is possible to download the exploit at securityfocus.com. It is declared as attacked. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 2 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 23836 (MS06-073: Vulnerability in Visual Studio 2005 Could Allow Remote Code Execution (925674)), 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 115448 (Visual Studio 2005 Vulnerability Could Allow Remote Code Execution (MS06-073)).

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. A possible mitigation has been published 2 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 4838.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (30591), Zero-Day.cz (121), Tenable (23836), SecurityFocus (BID 20843†) and OSVDB (30155†). The entries VDB-33795 and VDB-33791 are pretty similar. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Access: Public
Status: Attacked
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Nessus ID: 23836
Nessus Name: MS06-073: Vulnerability in Visual Studio 2005 Could Allow Remote Code Execution (925674)
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Saint ID: exploit_info/visual_studio_wmi_object_broker
Saint Name: Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 WMI Object Broker vulnerability

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MetaSploit ID: ie_createobject.rb
MetaSploit Name: MS06-014 Microsoft Internet Explorer COM CreateObject Code Execution
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Suricata ID: 2003158
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: us-cert.gov
Researcher: TippingPoint
Organization: TippingPoint and the Zero Day Initiative
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2006-4704 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-4704
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-33067

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X-Force: 30591
SecurityFocus: 20843 - Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 WMI Object Broker Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Secunia: 22603
OSVDB: 30155 - Microsoft Visual Studio WmiScriptUtils.dll code execution
SecurityTracker: 1017142
Vulnerability Center: 13021 - [MS06-073] Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 WMI Object Broker Code Execution Vulnerability, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2006-4282

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 03/12/2015 22:21
Updated: 04/26/2026 01:34
Changes: 03/12/2015 22:21 (92), 07/10/2019 11:35 (13), 07/21/2024 14:21 (18), 01/14/2025 06:54 (2), 06/16/2025 03:28 (2), 04/26/2026 01:34 (1)
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