Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 WMI Object Broker vulnerability

Added: 01/15/2007
CVE: CVE-2006-4704
BID: 20843
OSVDB: 30155

Background

Microsoft Visual Studio is a product to assist with software development in the Windows operating system.

Problem

A flaw in the WMI Object Broker ActiveX control allows attackers to bypass security zone restrictions, leading to command execution when a user opens a specially crafted web page.

Resolution

Apply the patch referenced in Microsoft Security Bulletin 06-073.

References

<http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms06-073.mspx&gt;
<http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-06-047.html&gt;

Limitations

Exploit works on Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 and requires a user to open the exploit in a web browser.

Platforms

Windows