50533 : Microsoft Windows Media Services nskey.dll ActiveX CallHTMLHelp Method Overflow
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Timeline

Disclosure Date
2008-08-22

Keywords

clsid:2646205B-878C-11D1-B07C-0000C040BCDB

Description

<em style='font-weight:bold;'>(Description Provided by <a href="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2008-5232" target="_blank">CVE</a>)</em> : Buffer overflow in the CallHTMLHelp method in the Microsoft Windows Media Services ActiveX control in nskey.dll 4.1.00.3917 in Windows Media Services on Microsoft Windows NT and 2000, and Avaya Media and Message Application servers, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long argument. NOTE: the provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained solely from third party information.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access, Context Dependent
Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Disclosure: Uncoordinated Disclosure, Discovered in the Wild
OSVDB: Web Related

Products

Unknown or Incomplete

References

CVE ID: 2008-5232 (see also: NVD)
Bugtraq ID: 30814

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Credit

Unknown or Incomplete

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 9.3
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2008-11-26 | Disagree?

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