Microsoft Windows Kernel vulnerable to privilege escalation

Overview The Microsoft Windows Kernel contains a privilege escalation vulnerability that may allow a local attacker to take control of the system. Description The Microsoft Windows Kernel fails to properly set permissions when mapping to a memory segment. By running a specially crafted applicatio...

AOL SuperBuddy ActiveX fails to properly validate method arguments

Overview The AOL SuperBuddy ActiveX control does not properly validate arguments to the LinkSBIcons method. This vulnerability may allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system. Description The AOL SuperBuddy ActiveX control Sb.SuperBuddy.1 is a compone...

Apple Mac OS X fails to properly handle corrupted Universal Mach-O Binaries

Overview A vulnerability in the way Apple Mac OS X handles corrupted Universal Mach-O Binaries may result in execution of arbitrary code or denial of service. Description Apple Mac OS X uses the Mach-O file format's ability to support more than one type of machine code to create Mac OS X Universa...

Microsoft Malware Protection Engine fails to properly process a specially crafted PDF File

Overview A vulnerability in the way Microsoft Malware Protection Engine processes PDF files may lead to execution of arbitrary code. Description Microsoft Malware Protection Engine contains a vulnerability that could be exploited when it attempts to process specially crafted PDF files. According ...

Mozilla products allows the src attribute in an img element to be changed to a JavaScript URI

Overview Mozilla products contain a cross-site scripting vulnerability due to a vulnerability in the way IMG elements are loaded. Description A vulnerability in the way Mozilla products load IMG elements in a frame may cause a cross-site script injection. According to Mozilla Foundation Security...

Cisco Secure Access Control Server fails to properly handle specially crafted Access-Request messages

Overview Several vulnerabilities in the RADIUS server supplied with Cisco Secure ACS products could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on an affected system. Description Cisco Secure ACS is a Remote Access Dial-In User Service RADIUS and Terminal Access Controller Access Control...

Sun Java JRE vulnerable to arbitrary code execution via an undetermined error

Overview A vulnerability in the Sun Java Runtime Environment may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system. Description The Sun Java Runtime Environment JRE allows users to run Java applications in a browser or as standalone programs. Sun has made the JRE available for...

Microsoft Internet Explorer VML buffer overflow

Overview Microsoft Internet Explorer IE fails to properly handle Vector Markup Language tags. This vulnerability may allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system. Description Microsoft IE version 5.0 and higher supports the Vector Markup Language VML,...

Newtone ImageKit ActiveX buffer overflow vulnerabilities

Overview The Newtone ImageKit ActiveX controls contain several buffer overflow vulnerabilities, which may allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system. Description Newtone ImageKit is a set of ActiveX controls that provide image processing, scanning, a...

Computer Associates BrightStor ARCserve Backup Tape Engine fails to properly handle RPC requests

Overview A vulnerability exists in the Computer Associates BrightStor ARCserve Backup Tape Engine. 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 integrates with...

Mozilla XML.prototype.hasOwnProperty() method memory corruption vulnerability

Overview Mozilla products fail to properly handle the XML.prototype.hasOwnProperty method. This vulnerability may allow a remote attacker execute arbitrary code. Description The ECMAScript for XML E4X Specification defines the XML.prototype.hasOwnProperty as a JavaScript method used to determine ...

Microsoft Excel fails to properly process malformed COLINFO records

Overview Microsoft Excel contains a vulnerability in the handling of malformed COLINFO records, which may allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system. Description Microsoft Excel contains a vulnerability that could be exploited when Excel opens a...

Apple Mac OS X may allow network accounts to bypass service access controls

Overview Apple Mac OS X may allow network accounts to bypass service access controls. This vulnerability may allow remote users with a valid network account to bypass LoginWindow service access controls. Description Remote access to a system can be restricted by service access controls via...

Microsoft PowerPoint fails to properly handle malformed records

Overview Microsoft PowerPoint fails to properly handle malformed records allowing a buffer overflow to occur. This vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system. Description Microsoft PowerPoint fails to properly handle malformed records. Specifically,...

Microsoft Windows fails to properly parse the MHTML protocol

Overview Microsoft Windows fails to properly handle MHTML. This vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system. Description MHTML According to Microsoft Security Bulletin MS06-043: MHTML extends HTML to embed encoded objects, such as images, in the HTML...

Intel Centrino wireless network drivers fail to properly handle malformed frames

Overview Microsoft Windows drivers for Intel Centrino wireless adapters fail to properly handle malformed frames. This vulnerability may allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code. Description The Microsoft Windows drivers for Intel Centrino 2200BG and 2915ABG PRO wireless...

Microsoft JScript memory corruption vulnerability

Overview Microsoft JScript contains a memory corruption vulnerability. This vulnerability may allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system. Description Microsoft JScript According to Microsoft Security Bulletin MS06-023: JScript is the Microsoft...

Microsoft Outlook Web Access for Exchange Server script injection vulnerability

Overview A script injection vulnerability exists in Microsoft Exchange Server running Outlook Web Access. Description Microsoft Outlook Web Access OWA is a service of Exchange Server. OWA allows authorized users to read and send email, manage their calendar, and perform other functions on an...

EMC Retrospect Client buffer overflow vulnerability

Overview EMC Retrospect Client contains a buffer overflow. This vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system. Description EMC Retrospect Backup and Recovery Software EMC Retrospect is a is a backup and recovery application designed for small to medium...

Symantec VERITAS NetBackup contains a buffer overflow vulnerability in the Sharepoint Services daemon

Overview The Symantec VERITAS NetBackup Volume Manager daemon contains a buffer overflow vulnerability which may allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code. Description Symantec VERITAS NetBackup is a client/server based backup software solution. The Sharepoint Services...

Sun Java Web Start security bypass vulnerability

Overview A vulnerability in the Sun Java Web Start may allow an untrusted Java applet or application to bypass security restrictions and execute arbitrary code. Description Java Web Start technology allows Java applications and applets to be executed via HTTP. Remote applications and applets are...

Clam AntiVirus vulnerable to memory corruption via specially crafted UPX packed file

Overview A vulnerability in the ClamAV antivirus toolkit may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system. Description Clam AntiVirus is an antivirus toolkit for Unix-like systems that is commonly integrated with mail servers for email attachment scanning. It supports ...

Apple QuickTime TIFF image "StripByteCounts" integer overflow

Overview Apple QuickTime contains an integer overflow vulnerability in the handling of TIFF images, which may allow a remote unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service on a vulnerable system. Description Apple's QuickTime Player is multimedia software that...

Cisco ACNS may be vulnerable to DoS via malformed IP packets

Overview A vulnerability in Cisco ACNS may allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service on an affected device. Description Cisco Application and Content Networking System ACNS is an integrated caching and content-delivery platform. Specially crafted IP packets can cause excessive CPU...

RSA Authentication Agent for Web fails to properly validate input

Overview The RSA Authentication Agent for Web running on Microsoft Internet Information Services IIS does not properly validate input that is passed to the "postdata" parameter in "/WebID/IISWebAgentIF.dll" and may allow an attacker to execute code in a user's browser. Description RSA...

Apple Mac OS X Foundation Framework vulnerable to buffer overflow via incorrect handling of an environmental variable

Overview A buffer overflow in Mac OS X Foundation Framework's processing of environment variables may lead to elevated privileges. Description A vulnerability is present Mac OS X Foundation Framework shipped in version 10.3.9 of Mac OS X and Mac OSX Server. There is a flaw in the handling of...

Symantec Norton AntiVirus vulnerable to DoS via the Auto-Protect "SmartScan" feature

Overview Symantec Norton AntiVirus may hang or crash when the Auto-Protect module SmartScan feature scans a renamed file on a network share. Description Symantec Norton AntiVirus is an anti-virus product for desktop and enterprise use. The Norton AntiVirus "Auto-Protect" module provides automatic...

NotifyLink contains multiple SQL injection vulnerabilities

Overview There are multiple vulnerabilities in NotifyLink that allow unauthenticated remote users to view or modify the contents of the NotifyLink SQL database. Possible modifications include the addition of unauthorized user and administrator accounts. Description Notify Technology NotifyLink...

WinAmp contains a flaw in metadata handling in .mpa and .mp4 files

Overview WinAmp contains a flaw which may allow an attacker to crash WinAmp remotely via .mpa or .mp4 files. Description Nullsoft's WinAmp Player, a popular multimedia system for Microsoft Windows, contains a flaw in the handling of the metadata called "tags" contained within .mpa and .mp4 files...

OpenConnect Webconnect MS-DOS device name denial-of-service

Overview OpenConnect WebConnect may stop responding after processing an HTTP request with an MS-DOS device name in it. 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...

Microsoft OLE buffer overflow

Overview A vulnerability in a way that various programs handle OLE objects could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system. Description Microsoft OLE is a technology that allows applications to create and edit compound documents. Compound documents are those...

Apple Mac OS X CoreFoundation contains a buffer overflow vulnerability

Overview There is a vulnerability in the Mac OS X CoreFoundation framework that could allow a local attacker to execute arbitrary code. Description The Core Foundation framework CoreFoundation.framework is designed to allow code and data sharing between frameworks, libraries, and applications in...

Ethereal fails to properly handle malfored SNMP packets

Overview Ethereal contains a vulnerability in the way it processes Simple Network Management Protocol SNMP packets. Description The Simple Network Management Protocol SNMP protocol enables network and system administrators to remotely monitor and configure devices on the network devices such as...

Apple Mac OS X "disk://" URI handler stores arbitrary files in a known location

Overview A vulnerability has been reported in the default "disk://" protocol handler installed on Apple Mac OS X systems. Remote attackers may potentially use this vulnerability to create files on the local system without explicit user consent. We have not independently verified the scope of this...

Microsoft Help and Support Center (HCP) fails to properly validate HCP URLs

Overview The Microsoft Help and Support Center HCP fails to properly handle HCP URL validation. Exploitation of this vulnerability may permit remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on the system with the privileges of the current user. Description Microsoft Windows XP and Server 2003 Help and...

Microsoft Virtual PC for Mac insecurely handles temporary file

Overview A component program of Microsoft Virtual PC for Mac uses an insecure method for handling a temporary file. This could allow an attacker with local system access to gain elevated privileges. Description Microsoft Virtual PC for Mac is a product that allows users of the Apple MacOS X...

Multiple tools within the Netpbm package create temporary files in an insecure manner

Overview Multiple tools within the Netpbm package create temporary files in an insecure manner. Description Netpbm is a toolkit that contains over 220 separate tools for manipulating graphic images. Multiple tools within the Netpbm package create temporary files insecurely. --- Impact A local...

Multiple vulnerabilities in H.323 implementations

Overview A number of vulnerabilities have been discovered in various implementations of the multimedia telephony protocols H.323 and H.225. Voice over Internet Protocol VoIP and video conferencing equpiment and software can use these protocols to interoperate over a variety of computer networks...

Microsoft Internet Explorer execCommand method does not properly validate URL source

Overview Microsoft Internet Explorer IE does not properly determine the source of script used in URLs. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to evaluate script in different security domains. By causing script to be evaluated in the Local Machine Zone, the attacker could execute arbitrary...

Avaya Argent Office vulnerable to denial of service via malformed DNS packets

Overview The Avaya Argent Office reboots in response to certain malformed DNS packets, resulting in a denial of service condition. Description The Avaya Argent Office reboots when a packet with an empty payload is sent to UDP port 53 DNS on its internal interface. By sending repeated packets to...

Microsoft Windows fails to properly validate buffer size of incoming SMB packets

Overview Microsoft's implementation of Server Message Block SMB contains a buffer overflow vulnerability that could permit a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service. Description SMB and the Common Internet File System CIFS are closely related protocols used sharing...

SSH Communications Secure Shell vulnerable to DoS via malformed BER/DER packet

Overview SSH Communications' Secure Shell contains vulnerabilities in ASN.1 libraries that may allow remote attackers to cause a denial-of-service situation, or potentially execute arbitrary code on the server. Description SSH Communications' Secure Shell contains a vulnerability in the decoding ...

Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) does not adequately validate document properties

Overview Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications VBA contains a buffer overflow when validating document properties. This vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running VBA. Description From Microsoft Security Bulletin MS03-037:Microsoft VB...

Cisco Secure PIX Firewall TCP Reset Vulnerability

Overview A vulnerability in Cisco's Secure PIX Firewall may allow a remote attacker to reset arbitrary TCP sessions. Description Cisco describes the Secure PIX Firewall as, "an easy-to-install, integrated hardware/software firewall appliance". A vulnerability in the Secure PIX Firewall may allow ...

Sun Ray Smartcard reader may leave desktop session open when card is quickly removed

Overview The Sun Ray Smartcard reader fails to properly detect a "quick removal, reinsertion and removal of a Smartcard." Description The Sun Ray is a thin client computing device designed to process user input and output, and provide access to computing services hosted by a server. Authenticatio...

Apple Mac OS X IPSec mechanism fails to handle certain incoming security policies that match by port

Overview Apple's Mac OS X IPSec implementation does not properly filter certain types of IP traffic. Description Apple Mac OS X contains an implementation of the IP Security Protocol IPSec. A vulnerability in this implementation may allow a remote attacker to exchange traffic with a host that...

Microsoft Internet Explorer does not safely handle multiple file download requests

Overview A problem in the way Microsoft Internet Explorer handles a large number of file download requests could result in the execution of arbitrary code on a vulnerable system. Description When Internet Explorer IE follows a link to an executable file .exe, a dialog window is displayed that...

Adobe Acrobat does not adequately validate Acrobat JavaScript

Overview Adobe Acrobat contains a vulnerability in its JavaScript parsing engine that could allow an attacker to place arbitrary files on the local file system. Description Different versions of Adobe Acrobat software can create, modify, and read Portable Document Format PDF files. Acrobat...

Physical access to a computer system can be used to bypass software-based access control mechanisms

Overview An intruder who gains physical access to a computer system can bypass software-based control mechanisms. Description If an intruder can gain physical access to a computer resource, he can bypass software-based access control mechanisms, install Trojans horses, install hardware to...

ISC "dhcrelay" fails to limit hop count when malicious bootp packet is received

Overview A vulnerability in the Internet Software Consortium's "dhcrelay" makes it possible for a remote attacker to use dhcrelay to launch a denial-of-service attack against a victim dhcp server. Description The Internet Software Consortium ISC produces a "freely redistributable reference...