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>> Microsoft Windows Vector Markup Language Code Execution Issue (MS07-050)

Title : Microsoft Windows Vector Markup Language Code Execution Issue (MS07-050)
VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2007-2874
CVE ID : CVE-2007-1749
Rated as : Critical 
Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2007-08-14


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A vulnerability has been identified in Microsoft Windows, which could be exploited by remote attackers to take complete control of an affected system. This issue is caused by an integer underflow error in the "CDownloadSink::OnDataAvailable()" function within the vector graphics link library (vgx.dll) when interacting with Internet Explorer, which could be exploited by remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by tricking a user into visiting a specially crafted web page.

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/ms07-050.mspx

References

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2874
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms07-050.mspx
http://research.eeye.com/html/advisories/published/AD20070814a.html

Credits

Vulnerability reported by eEye Digital Security.

ChangeLog

2007-08-14 : Initial release

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