Windows XP Macromedia Flash 6 ActiveX control use-after-free vulnerability

Overview The Macromedia Flash ActiveX control that is provided with Windows XP contains a memory corruption vulnerability, which may allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system. Description Microsoft Windows XP provides the Macromedia Flash ActiveX...

Microsoft Security Bulletin MS09-072 - Critical Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (976325)

Microsoft Security Bulletin MS09-072 - Critical Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer 976325 Published: December 08, 2009 Version: 1.0 General Information Executive Summary This security update resolves four privately reported vulnerabilities and one publicly disclosed vulnerability in...

Microsoft Internet Explorer CSS style element vulnerability

Overview Microsoft Internet Explorer IE does not safely reference CSS style elements. Using a specially crafted HTML page, an attacker can cause IE to crash and potentially execute arbitrary code. Description IE contains a vulnerability in the way it references CSS style elements. Processing a...

The Evolution of Rogue Anti-Virus

We often write about the fact that cybercriminals constantly change their tactics to take account of developments in the security and software industries. And I just came across a great example of this: it shows how the people behind rogue antivirus solutions adapt their “products” to exploit...

Fake Conficker Alert Drops Scareware Threat

An ongoing spam campaign is once again attempting to impersonate Microsoft’s security team by mass mailing Conficker.B Infection Alerts that drop a sample of the Antivirus Pro 2010 scareware scam. Here’s a sample of what the text looks like: “Dear Microsoft Customer, Starting 18/10/2009 the...

Microsoft Security Bulletin MS09-053 - Important Vulnerabilities in FTP Service for Internet Information Services Could Allow Remote Code Execution (975254)

Microsoft Security Bulletin MS09-053 - Important Vulnerabilities in FTP Service for Internet Information Services Could Allow Remote Code Execution 975254 Published: October 13, 2009 Version: 1.0 General Information Executive Summary This security update resolves two publicly disclosed...

Microsoft Excel BIFF format Qsir record memory corruption

Added: 09/11/2009 CVE: CVE-2009-1134 BID: 35246 OSVDB: 54958 Background Microsoft Excel, part of the Microsoft Office product suite, is a spreadsheet application for Windows and Macintosh platforms. Problem A memory corruption vulnerability allows command execution when a user closes a spreadshee...

Microsoft Excel BIFF format Qsir record memory corruption

Added: 09/11/2009 CVE: CVE-2009-1134 BID: 35246 OSVDB: 54958 Background Microsoft Excel, part of the Microsoft Office product suite, is a spreadsheet application for Windows and Macintosh platforms. Problem A memory corruption vulnerability allows command execution when a user closes a spreadshee...

Microsoft Windows Vista/7 - SMB2.0 Negotiate Protocol Request Remote Blue Screen of Death (MS07-063)

============================================= - Release date: September 7th, 2009 - Discovered by: Laurent Gaffié - Severity: High ============================================= I. VULNERABILITY ------------------------- Windows Vista, Server 2008 R2, 7 RC : SMB2.0 NEGOTIATE PROTOCOL REQUEST Remo...

Microsoft Office Web Components DataSourceControl ActiveX Control memory allocation

Added: 08/27/2009 CVE: CVE-2009-0562 BID: 35990 OSVDB: 56914 Background Microsoft Office Web Components OWC are a group of OLE classes implemented as ActiveX controls. Problem A heap memory corruption vulnerability in the OWC10.DataSourceControl ActiveX control allows command execution when a use...

Microsoft Office Web Components DataSourceControl ActiveX Control memory allocation

Added: 08/27/2009 CVE: CVE-2009-0562 BID: 35990 OSVDB: 56914 Background Microsoft Office Web Components OWC are a group of OLE classes implemented as ActiveX controls. Problem A heap memory corruption vulnerability in the OWC10.DataSourceControl ActiveX control allows command execution when a use...

Microsoft Office Web Components OWC.Spreadsheet BorderAround vulnerability

Added: 08/24/2009 CVE: CVE-2009-2496 BID: 35991 OSVDB: 56915 Background Microsoft Office Web Components OWC are a group of OLE classes implemented as ActiveX controls. Problem A heap corruption vulnerability in the OWC10.Spreadsheet ActiveX control allows command execution when a user opens a web...

Visual Studio Active Template Library object type mismatch vulnerability

Added: 08/24/2009 CVE: CVE-2009-2494 BID: 35982 OSVDB: 56910 Background Microsoft Visual Studio is a product to assist with software development in the Windows operating system. Visual Studio uses Microsoft Active Template Library ATL, which is a set of template-based C++ classes, to help simplif...

Microsoft Office Web Components OWC.Spreadsheet BorderAround vulnerability

Added: 08/24/2009 CVE: CVE-2009-2496 BID: 35991 OSVDB: 56915 Background Microsoft Office Web Components OWC are a group of OLE classes implemented as ActiveX controls. Problem A heap corruption vulnerability in the OWC10.Spreadsheet ActiveX control allows command execution when a user opens a web...

Visual Studio Active Template Library object type mismatch vulnerability

Added: 08/24/2009 CVE: CVE-2009-2494 BID: 35982 OSVDB: 56910 Background Microsoft Visual Studio is a product to assist with software development in the Windows operating system. Visual Studio uses Microsoft Active Template Library ATL, which is a set of template-based C++ classes, to help simplif...

Microsoft Office Web Components OWC.Spreadsheet BorderAround vulnerability

Added: 08/24/2009 CVE: CVE-2009-2496 BID: 35991 OSVDB: 56915 Background Microsoft Office Web Components OWC are a group of OLE classes implemented as ActiveX controls. Problem A heap corruption vulnerability in the OWC10.Spreadsheet ActiveX control allows command execution when a user opens a web...

Microsoft Office Web Components OWC.Spreadsheet.9 HTMLURL property overflow

Added: 08/14/2009 CVE: CVE-2009-1534 BID: 35992 OSVDB: 56916 Background Microsoft Office Web Components OWC are a group of OLE classes implemented as ActiveX controls. Problem A buffer overflow vulnerability in the OWC.Spreadsheet.9 ActiveX control allows command execution when a user loads a web...

Microsoft Office Web Components OWC.Spreadsheet.9 HTMLURL property overflow

Added: 08/14/2009 CVE: CVE-2009-1534 BID: 35992 OSVDB: 56916 Background Microsoft Office Web Components OWC are a group of OLE classes implemented as ActiveX controls. Problem A buffer overflow vulnerability in the OWC.Spreadsheet.9 ActiveX control allows command execution when a user loads a web...

Microsoft Office Web Components OWC.Spreadsheet.9 HTMLURL property overflow

Added: 08/14/2009 CVE: CVE-2009-1534 BID: 35992 OSVDB: 56916 Background Microsoft Office Web Components OWC are a group of OLE classes implemented as ActiveX controls. Problem A buffer overflow vulnerability in the OWC.Spreadsheet.9 ActiveX control allows command execution when a user loads a web...

Windows Telnet credential reflection

Added: 08/12/2009 CVE: CVE-2009-1930 BID: 35993 OSVDB: 56904 Background Microsoft Windows operating systems come with a telnet service. This service prompts a user to provide a login name and password. Following successful authentication, the server displays a shell prompt, allowing the user to r...