18612 : Microsoft IE Multiple COM Object Embedded CLSID Arbitrary Remote Code Execution
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Views This Week	Views All Time	Added to OSVDB	Last Modified	Modified (since 2008)	Percent Complete
3	662	over 6 years ago	about 1 year ago	4 times	100%

Timeline

Discovery Date	Vendor Informed Date	Vendor Ack Date	Disclosure Date	Vendor Solution Date	Exploit Publish Date
2005-07-13	2005-07-13	2005-07-16	2005-08-09	2005-08-09	2005-08-11

Time to Patch	Time to Exploit	Time to Vendor Response
27 days	29 days	3 days

Keywords

NSFOCUS Security Advisory(SA2005-02)

Description

Windows contains a flaw that may allow a malicious user to execute arbitrary code. The issue is triggered when Internet Explorer does not properly call interface arguments when instantiating COM components in devenum.dll. 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
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 SP4
		XP SP1
		XP SP2
		XP Professional x64 Edition
		98
		98 SE
		ME
	Windows Server	2003
		2003 SP1
		2003 for Itanium
		2003 for Itanium SP1
		2003 x64 Edition

References

Security Tracker: 1014643
Bugtraq ID: 14511
Secunia Advisory ID: 16373
Related OSVDB ID: 18610 18611
CVE ID: 2005-1990 (see also: NVD)
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article: 896727
CERT VU: 959049
Mail List Post: http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2005-08/0587.html
Generic Informational URL: http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1846283,00.asp
Generic Exploit URL: http://www.frsirt.com/exploits/20050811.MS05-038.c.php
http://www.saintcorporation.com
http://www.saintcorporation.com/cgi-bin/exploit_info/ie_com_instantiation
http://www.securiteam.com/exploits/5BP0H00GKA.html
Other Advisory URL: http://www.nsfocus.com/english/homepage/research/0502.htm
Microsoft Security Bulletin: MS05-038
Keyword: NSFOCUS Security Advisory(SA2005-02)
CIAC Advisory: p-265

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Credit

Hu Qianwei - NSFOCUS Security Team

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 5.1
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2005-08-10 | Disagree?

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