Apple QuickTime remote command execution vulnerability

Overview Apple QuickTime contains a vulnerability that may allow an attacker to pass arbitrary commands to other applications. Description Apple QuickTime is a media player that is available for Microsoft Windows and Apple OS X. Apple QuickTime includes browser plugins for Internet Explorer,...

Microsoft Agent fails to properly handle specially crafted URLs

Overview Microsoft Agent fails to properly handle specially crafted URLs, which may allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system Description Microsoft Agent is software that provides animated characters to enhance interaction with computer systems...

Flash Player information disclosure vulnerability

Overview The Adobe Flash player contains an information disclosure vulnerability that affects the Konqueror and Opera web browsers. Description Konqueror is the default web browser for the KDE desktop. Opera is a web browser that is available for Windows, Linux and BSD systems.The Adobe Flash...

Microsoft Windows Secure Channel integer underflow

Overview A vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Secure Channel security package may lead to execution of arbitrary code. Description Microsoft Windows Secure Channel Schannel security package implements standard network authentication protocols Secure Sockets Layer SSL and Transport Layer Security...

Computer Associates Anti-Virus engine fails to properly handle malformed CAB archives

Overview The Computer Associates Anti-Virus engine contains a stack-based buffer overflow that may allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code. Description The Computer Associates Anti-Virus engine contains a stack-based buffer overflow in the code responsible for processin...

libpng denial of service vulnerability

Overview The libpng library contains a denial-of-service vulnerability. Description The libpng library can be used to allow other applications to render PNG images.The libpng library contains a denial-of-service vulnerability. From the Libpng-1.2.16-ADVISORY: This vulnerability could be used to...

Microsoft Exchange Outlook Web Access UTF character set label script injection vulnerability

Overview Microsoft Exchange Outlook Web Access OWA fails to properly handle the UTF character set label, which can allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute script within the security context of the OWA user. Description OWA allows users to access their email accounts on a Microsoft...

McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator and ProtectionPilot ActiveX control buffer overflow vulnerability

Overview A vulnerability in an ActiveX control provided with the McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator and ProtectionPilot software could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on an affected system. Description The McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator and ProtectionPilot are applications that are design...

Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) fails to properly process malformed SSLv2 server messages

Overview A vulnerability in the way Mozilla Network Security Services NSS handles malformed SSLv2 server messages may lead to execution of arbitrary code. Description The SSLv2 protocol uses a client master key to generate all subsequent session keys. The client master key is created using a publ...

WordPress fails to properly sanitize input passed to the iz parameter in wp-includes/theme.php

Overview WordPress fails to properly sanitize input to the iz parameter in wp-includes/theme.php, which could allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary commands. Description WordPress is a blogging application that is written in PHP. WordPress 2.1.1 fails to properly sanitize...

Microsoft Internet Explorer fails to properly instantiate COM objects

Overview A vulnerability in the way Microsoft Internet Explorer instantiates COM objects may lead to execution of arbitrary code. Description Component Object Model, or COM objects are used to enable interprocess communication and dynamic object creation within Microsoft Windows. Microsoft Intern...

Mozilla JavaScript Engine multiple memory corruption vulnerabilities

Overview Several vulnerabilities exists in the Mozilla JavaScript Engine that may allow a remote attacker to compromise a vulnerable system. Description The Mozilla JavaScript Engine contains multiple vulnerabilities that may result in memory corruption. According to the Mozilla Foundation Securi...

Apple Quicktime HREFTrack Cross-Zone Scripting vulnerability

Overview Web browsers running the Apple QuickTime plugin may allow remote web sites to reference content on the local filesystem. This may allow an attacker to execute script within the security context of the local machine. Description Web browser plugins that allow remote web sites to reference...

CA BrightStor ARCserve Backup Message Engine RPC buffer overflow

Overview The Computer Associates BrightStor ARCserve Backup Message Engine contains a buffer overflow vulnerability. If successfully exploited, this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code. Description BrightStor ARCserve Backup is a backup and data retention tool that...

Microsoft Excel vulnerable to arbitrary code execution via malformed record

Overview A vulnerability in Microsoft Excel may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system. Description A vulnerability exists in the way Microsoft Excel handles malformed records.Per Microsoft Security Bulletin MS07-002: A remote code execution vulnerability exists in...

Kerberos administration daemon fails to properly initialize function pointers

Overview The Kerberos administration daemon fails to properly initialize pointers. This vulnerability may allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service. Description A vulnerability exists in the way the Kerberos administration daemon handles...

OpenOffice fails to properly process WMF and EMF files

Overview Multiple buffer overflow vulnerabilities exist in the OpenOffice.org office suite. If successfully exploited, these vulnerabilities may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system. Description OpenOffice.org is a free office suite that is available for multiple...

Mozilla mail products vulnerable to heap buffer overflow via Content-Type headers

Overview Mozilla mail products contain a heap buffer overflow vulnerability in the way they process Content-Type headers. This may allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system. Description Mozilla Thunderbird and SeaMonkey contain a buffer overflow...

Microsoft Word malformed string vulnerability

Overview A vulnerability in Microsoft Word could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system. Description Microsoft Word contains a vulnerability that could be exploited when Word opens a specially crafted document. It is possible that the vulnerability can be exploited by...

Wireshark contains multiple off-by-one errors in the IPSec ESP preference parser

Overview Wireshark contains a vulnerability in the IPSec ESP preference parser that may cause a denial of service condition. Description Wireshark contains multiple off-by-one vulnerabilities in the IPSec ESP preference parser when the application has been compiled with ESP decryption support.Thi...

Opera Web Browser fails to properly process overly long URLs

Overview The Opera Web Browser fails to properly process overly long URLs. This vulnerability may allow arbitrary code execution. Description Opera is a multi-platform web browser that is available for a range of operating systems and embedded Internet products. Opera contains a heap buffer...

Microsoft Word vulnerable to remote code execution

Overview A remote code execution vulnerability in Microsoft Word can allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via a specially crafted mail merge file. Description Microsoft Word contains a remote code execution vulnerability that can be exploited when a specially crafted mail merge file ...

gzip contains a buffer underflow

Overview The gzip program contains a buffer underflow vulnerability that may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code, or create a denial-of-service condition. Description The gzip program is used to compress and decompress archived files.A buffer underflow vulnerability exists in gzip. An...

Apple QuickTime fails to properly handle FLC movies

Overview Apple QuickTime fails to properly handle FLC movies. This vulnerability may allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial-of-service condition. Description Apple QuickTime is multimedia software that allows users to view local and remote audio, vide...

VMware ESX Server management interface logs passwords in cleartext in a world-readable file

Overview Certain versions of VMware ESX Server store passwords in a cleartext file that all users have read permissions to. Description Per the VMware ESX Server datasheet:ESX Server installs directly on the server hardware, or “bare metal,” and inserts a robust virtualization layer between the...

Mozilla fails to properly release JavaScript references

Overview Mozilla products fail to properly release memory. This vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system. Description Mozilla products fail to properly release JavaScript references. This may corrupt memory in a way that can allow an attacker to...

Mozilla products fail to properly validate JavaScript constructors

Overview Mozilla products fail to properly validate references returned by JavaScript constructors. This vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system. Description According to Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2006-51: JavaScript functions have a...

Mozilla contains multiple memory corruption vulnerabilities

Overview Mozilla products contain multiple vulnerabilities that can cause memory corruption. This may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system. Description Mozilla products contain multiple bugs that cause the application to crash. In some cases, a crash may be...

Microsoft IP Source Route Vulnerability

Overview A vulnerability in Microsoft Windows could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system. Description Source routing is a technique to determine the network route for a packet based on information supplied by the sender in the IP packet. The TCP/IP driver in so...

Apple Quicktime JPEG integer overflow

Overview Apple QuickTime fails to properly handle JPEG images. This vulnerability may allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service condition. Description Apple's QuickTime Player is multimedia software that allows users to view local and remote...

Microsoft Internet Explorer fails to handle specially crafted, invalid HTML

Overview Microsoft Internet Explorer IE fails to properly handle malformed HTML. This vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system. Description IE fails to properly handle specially crafted HTML. When a specially crafted, malformed HTML file is opened...

Microsoft Internet Explorer contains overflow in processing script action handlers

Overview A vulnerability in the Microsoft Internet Explorer web browser could allow a remote attacker to crash the browser or possibly execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system. Description A programming error in the way that Internet Explorer handles multiple event handlers in an HTML elemen...

Adobe Flash products contain multiple vulnerabilities

Overview Several vulnerabilities in Adobe Macromedia Flash products may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system. Description The Adobe Flash Player is a player for the Flash media format and enables frame-based animations with sound to be viewed within a web...

Apple Safari vulnerable to buffer overflow

Overview Apple Safari is vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow. This may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system. Description Safari Apple Safari is a web browser that comes with the Mac OS X operating system. The Problem Apple Safari contains a stack-based...

Apple Safari fails to perform security checks on links in rich text content

Overview Apple Safari fails to perform security checks on hyperlinks in rich text content, which may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary commands on a vulnerable system. Description Mac OS X includes the Safari web browser, which can display rich text RTF files directly. When Safari opens a ri...

Microsoft Plug and Play contains a buffer overflow vulnerability

Overview Microsoft Plug and Play contains a flaw in the handling of message buffers that may result in local or remote arbitrary code execution or denial-of-service conditions. Description The following is from the Microsoft Plug and Play description: Plug and Play PnP allows the operating system...

Mozilla Firefox insecurely handles content from external applications

Overview Mozilla Firefox does not properly enforce domain restrictions on content sent by external applications, allowing a remote attacker to execute code on a vulnerable system. Description Mozilla Firefox can accept links from external applications, such as Flash and Quicktime. When such an...

Microsoft Color Management Module buffer overflow during profile tag validation

Overview Microsoft Color Management Module contains a flaw that may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code. Description The Microsoft Color Management Module provides consistent color management operations between applications and devices, and transforms between colorspaces such as 'RGB' and...

Groove Mobile Workspace vulnerable to script injection via SharePoint lists containing picture columns

Overview A vulnerability in the way that Groove Mobile Workspace handles picture columns embedded within SharePoint lists may allow attackers to execute an arbitrary script. Description Groove Virtual Office provides a collaborative working environment that includes shared documents, databases,...

TCP does not adequately validate segments before updating timestamp value

Overview Certain TCP implementations may allow a remote attacker to arbitrarily modify host timestamp values, leading to a denial-of-service condition. Description The Transmission Control Protocol TCP is defined in RFC 793 as a means to provide reliable host-to-host transmission between hosts in...

Mozilla may execute JavaScript with elevated privileges when defined in site icon tag

Overview Mozilla may execute JavaScript contained within a site icon tag with elevated privileges. This may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary commands on a vulnerable system. Description XPCOMXPCOM is a cross-platform component object model similar to Microsoft COM or CORBA. XPCOM provides t...

phpBB vulnerable to file disclosure

Overview The phpBB input validation methods may fail to sanitize user input resulting in a disclosure of arbitrary file data. Description phpBB is a customizable open source bulletin board package. It contains functionality that allows users to specify graphic files for use as "avatars." These...

OpenConnect Webconnect read-only directory traversal vulnerability in jretest.html

Overview OpenConnect Webconnect contains a read-only directory traversal vulnerability in the file jretest.html. Description OpenConnect Webconnect provides secured web access and emulation services for backend mainframes and UNIX servers. Versions of Webconnect prior to 6.4.5 and 6.5.1 running o...

Microsoft Windows Program Group Converter vulnerable to buffer overflow

Overview Microsoft Program Group Converter contains a buffer overflow that may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code. Description Microsoft describes Program Group Converter grpconv.exe as a application to "convert Program Manager Group files .grp extention that were created in Windows 3.1,...

Microsoft Windows contains buffer overflow in processing of WMF and EMF image files

Overview A vulnerability in the way the Microsoft Windows Graphics Rendering Engine processes certain types of image files could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system. Description The Microsoft Windows Graphics Rendering Engine supports a number of image formats...

Mozilla fails to validate the DN of X.509 certificates

Overview Mozilla fails to verify that the Distinguished Name DN of an X.509 certificate is unique when importing it. A denial of service occurs when Mozilla imports a specially crafted, self-signed certificate that has the same DN as an existing Certificate Authority CA root certificate...

Cisco Collaboration Server (CCS) ServletExec allows arbitrary file uploading

Overview There is a vulnerability in the ServletExec subcomponent of the Cisco Collaboration Server CCS that could allow an attacker to upload arbitrary files to the server. Description The Cisco Collaboration Server CCS is designed to provide interactive customer support web page sharing,...

Linux kernel do_mremap() call creates virtual memory area of 0 bytes in length

Overview There is a vulnerability in the Linux kernel memory management routines that allows local users to gain superuser privileges. Description The Linux kernel contains a vulnerability in the domremap call that allows software to create a virtual memory area VMA with a length of 0 bytes. This...

NTP service vulnerable to internal overflow if date / time offset is greater than 34 years

Overview NTP Network TIme Protocol contains an integer overflow vulnerability that may lead to clients receiving an incorrect date/time offset. Description NTP Network Time Protocol is a method by which client machines can synchronize the local date and time with a reference server. The server wi...

Microsoft Windows RPC service vulnerable to denial of service

Overview A vulnerability exists in Microsoft's Remote Procedure Call RPC implementation. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service. An exploit for this vulnerability is publicly available. Description Microsoft has released MS03-039 to address a vulnerability...