22941 : Microsoft HTML Help Workshop .hhp Parsing Overflow
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Views This Week	Views All Time	Added to OSVDB	Last Modified	Modified (since 2008)	Percent Complete
6	1375	over 6 years ago	about 1 year ago	7 times	85%

Timeline

Disclosure Date
2006-02-06

Description

A local overflow exists in HTML Help Workshop. HTML Help Workshop fails to check an unspecified buffer when reading .hhp files resulting in a buffer overflow. With a specially crafted file, an attacker can cause code execution by the individual opening the .hhp file resulting in a loss of integrity.

Classification

Location: Local Access Required
Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Exploit: Exploit Public

Solution

Currently, there are no known upgrades, patches, or workarounds available to correct this issue.

Products

Microsoft Corporation

HTML Help Workshop

4.74.8702.0

References

Security Tracker: 1015585
Exploit Database: 10321 1470 1490 7727
CERT VU: 124460
Milw0rm: 1470 1490 7727
Secunia Advisory ID: 18740
CVE ID: 2006-0564 (see also: NVD) 2009-0133 (see also: NVD)
Other Advisory URL: http://users.pandora.be/bratax/advisories/b008.html [ Link is 404 ]
Generic Exploit URL: http://www.frsirt.com/exploits/20060206.htmlws.cpp.php
http://www.milw0rm.com/id.php?id=1497 [ Link is 404 ]
http://www.security.nnov.ru/Fnews738.html
Vendor URL: http://www.microsoft.com/
News Article: http://www.networkworld.com/news/2006/020806-microsoft-bugs.html

Tools & Filters

Snort	5740 5741

Credit

bratax - http://www.bratax.be/

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 10.0
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2009-01-16 | Disagree? | There are 1 more: View All

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