Info

Disclosure

Apr 12, 2005

Discovery

Oct 25, 2004

Dates

Exploit

Apr 12, 2005

Solution

Dec 04, 2005

Description

Windows contains a flaw that may allow a malicious user to execute arbitrary code. The issue is triggered when certain DHTML methods are used, leading to a race condition when one thread reads data from memory that has either been overwritten by another thread or has not yet been initialized by another thread. It is possible that the flaw may allow arbitrary code execution resulting in a loss of integrity.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Input Manipulation, Race Condition
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Solution: Patch / RCS
Exploit: Exploit Public, Exploit Commercial
Disclosure: OSVDB Verified, Vendor Verified

Solution

Currently, there are no known workarounds or upgrades to correct this issue. However, Microsoft has released a patch to address this vulnerability.

Products

Microsoft Corporation	Windows	2000 SP3
		2000 SP4
		XP SP1
		XP SP2
		XP 64-Bit SP1
		XP 64-Bit 2003
		98
		98 SE
		ME
	Windows Server	2003
	Windows Server	2003 for Itanium

References

Security Tracker: 1013692
Bugtraq ID: 13120
SCIP VulDB ID: 1352
Secunia Advisory ID: 14922
OVAL ID: 1695 3100 3752 4874 4985
ISS X-Force ID: 19831
CVE ID: 2005-0553 (see also: NVD)
CERT VU: 774338
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article: 890923
Mail List Post: http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2005-04/0252.html
Other Advisory URL: http://www.auscert.org.au/render.html?it=4992
http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=228&type=vulnerabilities
Generic Exploit URL: http://www.saintcorporation.com/cgi-bin/exploit_info/ie_dhtml_object
Microsoft Security Bulletin: MS05-020
CERT: TA05-102A

Credit

Berend-Jan Wever - skylinededup.tudelft.nl -

Direct URL: http://osvdb.org/15465

Info

Disclosure

Discovery

Dates

Exploit

Solution

Description

Classification

Solution

Products

Microsoft Corporation

Windows

Windows Server

References

Credit