Taskpads ActiveX Control incorrectly marked safe-for-scripting

Overview

The taskpads ActiveX control included with some resource kit products circa February 1999 was incorrectly marked safe-for-scripting.

Description

The taskpads ActiveX control included with the Microsoft Windows 98 resource kit, the Microsoft Windows 98 resource kit sampler, and the Back Office resource kit was incorrectly marked safe-for-scripting. For more information, see

<http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/technet/security/bulletin/MS99-007.asp&gt;

The Class ID for this control is D306C3B7-2AD5-11D1-9E9A-00805F200005. This software is not installed by default on any system.

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Impact

Intruders can execute arbitrary commands on a target system with the privileges of the victim.

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Solution

Apply a patch as described in the bulletin.

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Vendor Information

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Updated: May 23, 2002

Status

Affected

Vendor Statement

See <http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/technet/security/bulletin/MS99-007.asp&gt;.

Vendor Information

The vendor has not provided us with any further information regarding this vulnerability.

Addendum

The CERT/CC has no additional comments at this time.

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References

• <http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS99-007.asp&gt;
• <http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q218619&gt;

Acknowledgements

Our thanks to Microsoft for the information contained in their advisory, upon which this document is based. Adrian O’Neill discovered the problem.

This document was written by Shawn V Hernan.

Other Information

CVE IDs:	CVE-1999-0379
Severity Metric:	8.44 Date Public: