Secunia Security Advisory - Yag Kohha has reported a vulnerability in Microsoft Data Access Components, which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.
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TITLE:
Microsoft MDAC ADODB.Connection ActiveX Control Vulnerability
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA22452
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/22452/
CRITICAL:
Highly critical
IMPACT:
DoS, System access
WHERE:
>From remote
OPERATING SYSTEM:
Microsoft Windows XP Professional
http://secunia.com/product/22/
Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
http://secunia.com/product/16/
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Web Edition
http://secunia.com/product/1176/
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition
http://secunia.com/product/1173/
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition
http://secunia.com/product/1174/
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition
http://secunia.com/product/1175/
Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
http://secunia.com/product/20/
Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
http://secunia.com/product/1/
Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server
http://secunia.com/product/1177/
Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
http://secunia.com/product/21/
SOFTWARE:
Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC) 2.x
http://secunia.com/product/1807/
DESCRIPTION:
Yag Kohha has reported a vulnerability in Microsoft Data Access
Components, which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to
compromise a user's system.
The vulnerability is caused due to an error in the ADODB.Connection
ActiveX control when handling the "Execute()" method. This can be
exploited to cause a memory corruption by passing specially crafted
parameters to the method.
Successful exploitation may allow execution of arbitrary code when a
user e.g. visits a malicious website.
SOLUTION:
Apply patches.
MDAC 2.5 SP3 on Windows 2000 SP4:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=EF163E3E-DD3B-4429-98A4-720DA2C96464
MDAC 2.8 SP1 on Windows XP SP2:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=6B0CDB65-AEF4-489F-B917-812D9F7687BD
MDAC 2.8 on Windows Server 2003:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=34D24335-4EC0-49E7-9E3F-787F89DD7B1D
MDAC 2.8 on Windows Server 2003 for Itanium-based systems:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=58322D1B-A1A8-4BA6-BA1B-6649013CC324
MDAC 2.7 SP1 installed on Windows 2000 SP4:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=591B0967-C8AB-4B85-A9AF-C01E8D8E3ADC
MDAC 2.8 installed on Windows 2000 SP4:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=BC864245-175A-4B55-AB4A-FB5D0E03DCFC
MDAC 2.8 SP1 installed on Windows 2000 SP4:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=341859BF-8DAA-419B-88CD-E5E8EB4A5BAD
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Yag Kohha
The vendor also credits Frsirt.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
MS07-009 (KB927779):
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS07-009.mspx
OTHER REFERENCES:
US-CERT VU#589272:
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/589272
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