Microsoft Windows 2000 OLE Dialog memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in Microsoft Windows 2000. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component OLE Dialog. Such manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2007-0026. There is no exploit available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Microsoft Windows 2000 (Operating System). Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality of the component OLE Dialog. 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. CVE summarizes:

The OLE Dialog component in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2, and 2003 SP1 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an RTF file with a malformed OLE object that triggers memory corruption.

The issue has been introduced in 02/17/2000. The weakness was shared 02/13/2007 by Kostya Kortchinsky with Immunity, Inc. (Website). The advisory is available at us-cert.gov. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2007-0026 since 01/02/2007. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. 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 2553 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $100k and more. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 24335 (MS07-011: Vulnerability in Microsoft OLE Dialog Could Allow Remote Code Execution (926436)), 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 90378 (Microsoft OLE Dialog Could Allow Remote Code Execution (MS07-011)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published before and not just after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 4900.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (30609), Tenable (24335), SecurityFocus (BID 22483†), OSVDB (31885†) and Secunia (SA24147†). The entries VDB-32690, VDB-35001, VDB-35000 and VDB-34993 are related to this item. 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: 24335
Nessus Name: MS07-011: Vulnerability in Microsoft OLE Dialog Could Allow Remote Code Execution (926436)
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com
Product: microsoft.com

Advisory: us-cert.gov
Researcher: Kostya Kortchinsky
Organization: Immunity, Inc.
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2007-0026 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-0026
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-34994

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X-Force: 30609
SecurityFocus: 22483 - Microsoft Windows OLE Dialog Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Secunia: 24147
OSVDB: 31885 - Microsoft Windows OLE Dialog Memory Corruption Remote Code Execution
SecurityTracker: 1017637
Vulnerability Center: 14278 - [MS07-011] Microsoft Windows OLE Dialog Component Memory Corruption via an RTF File, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2007-0580

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/13/2015 12:16
Updated: 06/14/2025 19:18
Changes: 03/13/2015 12:16 (71), 09/17/2018 08:18 (17), 01/05/2025 13:48 (16), 06/14/2025 19:18 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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