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>> Microsoft Internet Explorer Multiple Code Execution Vulnerabilities (MS07-045)

Title : Microsoft Internet Explorer Multiple Code Execution Vulnerabilities (MS07-045)
VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2007-2869
CVE ID : CVE-2007-0943 - CVE-2007-2216 - CVE-2007-3041
Rated as : Critical 
Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2007-08-14


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Multiple vulnerabilities have been identified in Microsoft Internet Explorer, which could be exploited by remote attackers to take complete control of an affected system.

The first issue is caused by an error when parsing specially crafted CSS strings, which could be exploited by remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by tricking a user into visiting a specially crafted web page.

The second vulnerability is caused by an error in the Microsoft Visual Basic 6 ActiveX control, which could be exploited by remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by tricking a user into visiting a specially crafted web page.

The third issue is caused by a memory corruption error in the Microsoft Visual Basic 6 ActiveX control when processing malformed data, which could be exploited by malicious web sites to compromise a vulnerable system.

Affected Products

Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 Service Pack 1
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6
Microsoft Internet Explorer 7

Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4
Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2
Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition
Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Service Pack 2
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition Service Pack 2
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP1 (Itanium)
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP2 (Itanium)
Microsoft Windows Vista
Microsoft Windows Vista x64 Edition

Solution

Apply patches :
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms07-045.mspx

References

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2869
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms07-045.mspx

Credits

Vulnerabilities reported by NSFocus Security Team and Brett Moore (Security-Assessment).

ChangeLog

2007-08-14 : Initial release

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