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>> Microsoft Windows HTML Help Remote Code Execution (MS05-026)

Title : Microsoft Windows HTML Help Remote Code Execution (MS05-026)
VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2005-0767
CVE ID : CVE-2005-1208
CWE ID : CWE-
Rated as : Critical 
Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2005-06-14


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A vulnerability was identified in Microsoft Windows, which could be exploited by remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands. This flaw is due to an input validation error in HTML Help that does not properly validate data, which could be exploited to compromise a vulnerable system by convincing a user to visit a specially crafted Web page.

Affected Products

Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 3
Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4
Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 1
Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2
Microsoft Windows XP 64-Bit Edition Service Pack 1 (Itanium)
Microsoft Windows XP 64-Bit Edition Version 2003 (Itanium)
Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition
Microsoft Windows Server 2003
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 for Itanium
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 with SP1 for Itanium
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition
Microsoft Windows 98, Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition (SE)
Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition (ME)

Solution

Apply the patches :
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS05-026.mspx

References

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/0767
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS05-026.mspx

Credits

Vulnerability reported by Peter Winter-Smith and eEye Digital Security

ChangeLog

2005-06-14 : Initial release

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