Security Bulletin Name,
Brief Description
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ID Number, Date/Link
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Vulnerability in Microsoft Publisher Could Allow
Remote Code Execution (910729):
A remote code execution vulnerability exists
in Publisher. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability when
Publisher parses a file with a malformed string. |
(MS06-054) |
September 12, 2006 |
Vulnerability in Indexing Service Could Allow
Cross-Site Scripting (920685):
There is an information disclosure vulnerability in
the Indexing Service because of the way that it handles query
validation. The vulnerability could allow an attacker to run
client-side script on behalf of a user. The script could spoof
content, disclose information, or take any action that the user
could take on the affected Web site. |
(MS06-053) |
September 12, 2006 |
Vulnerability in Pragmatic General Multicast (PGM)
Could Allow Remote Code Execution (919007):
There is a remote code execution vulnerability that
could allow an attacker to send a specially crafted multicast
message to an affected system and execute code on the affected
system. The MSMQ service, which is the Windows service needed to
allow PGM communications is not installed by default. |
(MS06-052) |
September 12, 2006 |
Vulnerability in Windows Kernel Could Result in
Remote Code Execution (917422): There is a
privilege
elevation vulnerability in the way that Windows 2000 starts
applications. This vulnerability could allow a logged on user to
take complete control of the system. |
(MS06-051) |
August 8, 2006 |
Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows Hyperlink
Object Library Could Allow Remote Code Execution (920670): A
remote code execution vulnerability exists in the Hyperlink Object
Library. This problem exists because of an unchecked buffer in the
code that is used for handling hyperlinks. An attacker could exploit
the vulnerability by constructing a malicious hyperlink which could
potentially lead to remote code execution if a user clicks a
malicious link within an Office file or e-mail message. An attacker
who successfully exploited this vulnerability could take complete
control of the affected system. User interaction is required to
exploit this vulnerability. |
(MS06-050) |
August 8, 2006 |
Vulnerability in Windows Kernel Could Result in
Elevation of Privilege (920958): There is a
privilege
elevation vulnerability in Windows 2000 caused by improper
validation of system inputs. This vulnerability could allow a logged
on user to take complete control of the system. |
(MS06-049) |
August 8, 2006 |
Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Could Allow
Remote Code Execution (922968): A remote code execution
vulnerability exists in PowerPoint and could be exploited when a
file containing a malformed shape container is parsed by PowerPoint.
Such a file might be included in an e-mail attachment or hosted on a
malicious web site. An attacker could exploit the vulnerability by
constructing a specially crafted PowerPoint file that could allow
remote code execution. |
(MS06-048) |
August 8, 2006 |
Vulnerability in Microsoft Visual Basic for
Applications Could Allow Remote Code Execution (921645): A
remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that Visual
Basic for Applications (VBA) checks the document properties that a
host application passes to it when opening a document. This
vulnerability could allow an attacker who successfully exploited the
vulnerability to take complete control of the affected system. |
(MS06-047) |
August 8, 2006 |
Vulnerability in HTML Help Could Allow Remote
Code Execution (922616): A vulnerability exists in the HTML
Help ActiveX control that could allow remote code execution on an
affected system. An attacker could exploit the vulnerability by
constructing a malicious Web page that could potentially allow
remote code execution if a user visited that page. An attacker who
successfully exploited this vulnerability could take complete
control of an affected system. |
(MS06-046) |
August 8, 2006 |
Vulnerability in Windows Explorer Could Allow
Remote Code Execution (921398): A remote code execution
vulnerability exists in Windows Explorer because of the way that
Windows Explorer handles Drag and Drop events. An attacker could
exploit the vulnerability by constructing a malicious Web page that
could potentially allow an attacker to save a file on the user’s
system if a user visited a malicious Web site or viewed a malicious
e-mail message. An attacker who successfully exploited this
vulnerability could take complete control of an affected system.
User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability |
(MS06-045) |
August 8, 2006 |
Vulnerability in Microsoft Management Console
Could Allow Remote Code Execution (917008): There is a
remote code execution vulnerability in Windows Management Console
that could allow an attacker who successfully exploited this
vulnerability to take complete control of the affected system.
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(MS06-044) |
August 8, 2006 |
Vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Could Allow
Remote Code Execution (920214): There is a remote code
execution vulnerability in Windows that results from incorrect
parsing of the MHTML protocol. An attacker could exploit the
vulnerability by constructing a specially crafted Web page or HTML
e-mail that could potentially lead to remote code execution if a
user visited a specially crafted Web site or clicked a link in a
specially crafted e-mail message. |
(MS06-043) |
August 8, 2006 |
Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer
(918899): If a user is logged on with administrative user
rights, an attacker who successfully exploited the most severe of
these vulnerabilities could take complete control of an affected
system. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or
delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights. Users
whose accounts are configured to have fewer user rights on the
system could be less impacted than users who operate with
administrative user rights. |
(MS06-042) |
August 8, 2006 |
Vulnerabilities in DNS Resolution Could Allow
Remote Code Execution (920683): There is a remote code
execution vulnerability in Winsock that could allow an attacker who
successfully exploited this vulnerability to take complete control
of the affected system. For an attack to be successful the attacker
would have to force the user to open a file or visit a website that
is specially crafted to call the affected Winsock API. |
(MS06-041) |
August 8, 2006 |
Vulnerability in Server Service Could Allow
Remote Code Execution (921883): There is a remote code
execution vulnerability in Server Service that could allow an
attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability to take
complete control of the affected system. |
(MS06-040) |
August 8, 2006 |
Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Filters Could
Allow Remote Code Execution (915384): A remote code
execution vulnerability exists in Office and could be exploited when
Office opened a malformed PNG file. An attacker could exploit the
vulnerability by constructing a specially crafted PNG file that
could allow remote code execution |
(MS06-039) |
July 11, 2006 |
Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Could Allow
Remote Code Execution (917284): A remote code execution
vulnerability exists in Office, and could be exploited when a
malformed string included in an Office file was parsed by any of the
affected Office applications. Such a string might be included in an
email attachment processed by one of the affected applications or
hosted on a malicious web site. Viewing or previewing a malformed
email message in an affected version of Outlook could not lead to
exploitation of this vulnerability. An attacker could exploit the
vulnerability by constructing a specially crafted Office file that
could allow remote code execution. |
(MS06-038) |
July 11, 2006 |
Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Excel Could Allow
Remote Code Execution (917285): A remote code execution
vulnerability exists in Excel that results from the processing of a
malformed SELECTION record. An attacker could exploit the
vulnerability by constructing a specially crafted Excel file that
could allow remote code execution. |
(MS06-037) |
July 11, 2006 |
Vulnerability in DHCP Client Service Could Allow
Remote Code Execution (914388): There is a remote code
execution vulnerability in the DHCP Client service that could allow
an attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability to take
complete control of the affected system. |
(MS06-036) |
July 11, 2006 |
Vulnerability in Server Service Could Allow
Remote Code Execution (917159): There is a remote code
execution vulnerability in the Server driver that could allow an
attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability to take
complete control of the affected system. |
(MS06-035) |
July 11, 2006 |
Vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Information
Services using Active Server Pages Could Allow Remote Code Execution
(917537): There is a remote code execution vulnerability in
Internet Information Services (IIS). An attacker could exploit the
vulnerability by constructing a specially crafted Active Server
Pages (ASP) file, potentially allowing remote code execution if the
Internet Information Services (IIS) processes the specially crafted
file. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability
could take complete control of an affected system. |
(MS06-034) |
July 11, 2006 |
Vulnerability in ASP.NET Could Allow Information
Disclosure (917283): This Information Disclosure
vulnerability could allow an attacker to bypass ASP.Net security and
gain unauthorized access to objects in the Application folders
explicitly by name. Note that this vulnerability would not allow an
attacker to execute code or to elevate their user rights directly,
but it could be used to produce useful information that could be
used to try to further compromise the affected system. |
(MS06-033) |
July 11, 2006 |
Vulnerability in TCP/IP Could Allow Remote Code
Execution (917953): There is a remote code execution
vulnerability in the TCP/IP Protocol driver that could allow an
attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability to take
complete control of the affected system. |
(MS06-032) |
June 13, 2006 |
Vulnerability in RPC Mutual Authentication Could
Allow Spoofing (917736): There is a spoofing vulnerability
in the way that RPC handles mutual authentication. This
vulnerability could allow an attacker to persuade a user to connect
to a malicious RPC server which appears to be valid. |
(MS06-031) |
June 13, 2006 |
Vulnerability in Server Message Block Could Allow
Elevation of Privilege (914389): There is an elevation of
privilege vulnerability in Server Message Block (SMB) that could
allow an attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability to
take complete control of the affected system. |
(MS06-030) |
June 13, 2006 |
Vulnerability in Microsoft Exchange Server
Running Outlook Web Access Could Allow Script Injection (912442):
A script injection vulnerability exists in Exchange Server running
Outlook Web Access (OWA). An attacker could exploit the
vulnerability by constructing an e-mail message with a specially
crafted script. If this specially crafted script is run, it would
execute in the security context of the user on the client. Attempts
to exploit this vulnerability require user interaction. |
(MS06-029) |
June 13, 2006 |
Vulnerability in Microsoft PowerPoint Could Allow
Remote Code Execution (916768): There is a remote code
execution vulnerability in PowerPoint that uses a malformed record.
An attacker could exploit the vulnerability by constructing a
specially crafted PowerPoint file that could allow remote code
execution. |
(MS06-028) |
June 13, 2006 |
Vulnerability in Microsoft Word Could Allow
Remote Code Execution (917336): A remote code execution
vulnerability exists in Word using a malformed object pointer. An
attacker could exploit the vulnerability by constructing a specially
crafted Word file that could allow remote code execution. |
(MS06-027) |
June 13, 2006 |
Vulnerability in Graphics Rendering Engine Could
Allow Remote Code Execution (918547): A remote code
execution vulnerability exists in the Graphics Rendering Engine
because of the way that it handles Windows Metafile (WMF) images. An
attacker could exploit the vulnerability by constructing a specially
crafted WMF image that could potentially allow remote code execution
if a user visited a malicious Web site or opened a specially crafted
attachment in e-mail. An attacker who successfully exploited this
vulnerability could take complete control of an affected system. |
(MS06-026) |
June 13, 2006 |
Vulnerability in Routing and Remote Access Could
Allow Remote Code Execution (911280): There is a remote code
execution vulnerability in the Remote Access Connection Manager (RASMAN)
service that could allow an attacker who successfully exploited this
vulnerability to take complete control of the affected system. |
(MS06-025) |
June 13, 2006 |
Vulnerability in Windows Media Player Could Allow
Remote Code Execution (917734): A remote code execution
vulnerability exists in Windows Media Player due to the way it
handles the processing of PNG images. An attacker could exploit the
vulnerability by constructing specially crafted Windows Media Player
content that could potentially allow remote code execution if a user
visits a malicious Web site or opens an email message with malicious
content. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability
could take complete control of an affected system. |
(MS06-024) |
June 13, 2006 |
Vulnerability in Microsoft JScript Could Allow
Remote Code Execution (917344): There is a remote code
execution vulnerability in JScript. An attacker could exploit the
vulnerability by constructing specially crafted JScript that could
potentially allow remote code execution if a user visited a Web site
or viewed a specially crafted e-mail message. An attacker who
successfully exploited this vulnerability could take complete
control of an affected system. |
(MS06-023) |
June 13, 2006 |
Vulnerability in ART Image Rendering Could Allow
Remote Code Execution (918439): There is a remote code
execution vulnerability in the way that Windows handles ART images.
An attacker could exploit the vulnerability by constructing a
specially crafted ART image that could potentially allow remote code
execution if a user visited a Web site or viewed a specially crafted
e-mail message. An attacker who successfully exploited this
vulnerability could take complete control of an affected system. |
(MS06-022) |
June 13, 2006 |
Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer
(916281): A remote code execution vulnerability exists in
the way Internet Explorer handles exceptional conditions. As a
result, system memory may be corrupted in such a way that an
attacker could execute arbitrary code if a user visited a specially
crafted Web site. An attacker who successfully exploited this
vulnerability could take complete control of an affected system. |
(MS06-021) |
June 13, 2006 |
Vulnerabilities in Macromedia
Flash Player from Adobe Could Allow Remote Code Execution (913433):
This update resolves publicly reported vulnerabilities. The
vulnerabilities are documented in the "Vulnerability Details"
section of this bulletin. These vulnerabilities are also documented
in Macromedia Security Bulletin MPSB05-07 for customers using Flash
Player 5 and 6. Customers who have installed Flash Player 7 and
higher are advised to download the latest version from the Adobe
website. Customers that have followed the guidance in Adobe Security
Bulletin APSB06-03 are not at risk from the vulnerability.
If a user is logged on with administrative user rights, an attacker
who successfully exploited these vulnerabilities could take complete
control of an affected system. An attacker could then install
programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with
full user rights. Users whose accounts are configured to have fewer
user rights on the system could be less impacted than users who
operate with administrative user rights. |
(MS06-020) |
May 9, 2006 |
Vulnerability in Microsoft
Exchange Could Allow Remote Code Execution (916803):
This update resolves a newly-discovered, privately-reported
vulnerability. The vulnerability is documented in the "Vulnerability
Details" section of this bulletin.
An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could take
complete control of an affected system. An attacker could then
install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new
accounts with full user rights. |
(MS06-019) |
May 9, 2006 |
Vulnerability in Microsoft
Distributed Transaction Coordinator Could Allow Denial of Service
(913580):
A
denial of service
vulnerability exists that could allow an attacker to send a
specially crafted network message to an affected system. An attacker
could cause the Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator (MSDTC)
to stop responding. Note that the denial of service vulnerability
would not allow an attacker to execute code or to elevate their user
rights, but it could cause the affected system to stop accepting
requests. |
(MS06-018) |
May 9, 2006 |
Vulnerability in Microsoft
FrontPage Server Extensions Could Allow Cross-Site Scripting
(917627): The cross-site scripting
vulnerability could allow an attacker to run client-side script on
behalf of an FPSE user. The script could spoof content, disclose
information, or take any action that the user could take on the
affected web site. Attempts to exploit this vulnerability require
user interaction. An attacker who successfully exploited this
vulnerability against an administrator could take complete control
of a Front Page Server Extensions 2002 server. |
(MS06-017) |
April 11, 2006 |
Cumulative Security
Update for Outlook Express (911567):
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Outlook Express when
using a Windows Address Book (.wab) file that could allow an
attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability to take
complete control of the affected system.
If a user is logged on with administrative user rights, an attacker
who successfully exploited this vulnerability could take complete
control of an affected system. An attacker could then install
programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with
full user rights. Users whose accounts are configured to have fewer
user rights on the system could be less affected than users who
operate with administrative user rights. |
(MS06-016) |
April 11, 2006 |
Vulnerability in Windows Explorer
Could Allow Remote Code Execution (908531): A remote code
execution vulnerability exists in Windows Explorer because of the
way that it handles COM objects. An attacker would need to convince
a user to visit a Web site that could force a connection to a remote
file server. This remote file server could then cause Windows
Explorer to fail in a way that could allow code execution. An
attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could take
complete control of an affected system. |
(MS06-015) |
April 11, 2006 |
Vulnerability in the Microsoft
Data Access Components (MDAC) Function Could Allow Code Execution
(911562): A
remote code execution vulnerability exists in the RDS.Dataspace
ActiveX control that is provided as part of the ActiveX Data Objects
(ADO) and that is distributed in MDAC. An attacker who successfully
exploited this vulnerability could take complete control of an
affected system. |
(MS06-014) |
April 11, 2006 |
Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer
(912812):
This update resolves several newly-discovered,
publicly and privately reported vulnerabilities. Each vulnerability
is documented in its own “Vulnerability Details” section of this
bulletin. If a user is logged on with
administrative user rights, an attacker who successfully exploited
the most severe of these vulnerabilities could take complete control
of an affected system. An attacker could then install programs;
view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user
rights. Users whose accounts are configured to have fewer user
rights on the system could be less impacted than users who operate
with administrative user rights. |
(MS06-013) |
April 11, 2006 |
Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Could Allow
Remote Code Execution (905413):
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Excel
using a malformed range. An attacker could exploit the vulnerability
by constructing a specially crafted Excel file that could allow
remote code execution.If a user is logged on with administrative
user rights, an attacker who successfully exploited this
vulnerability could take complete control of an affected system. An
attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data;
or create new accounts with full user rights. Users whose accounts
are configured to have fewer user rights on the system could be less
affected than users who operate with administrative user rights. |
(MS06-012) |
March 14, 2006 |
Permissive Windows Services DACLs Could Allow
Elevation of Privilege (914798):
A
privilege elevation
vulnerability exists on Windows XP Service Pack 1 on the identified
Windows services where the permissions are set by default to a level
that may allow a low-privileged user to change properties associated
with the service. On Windows 2003 permissions on the identified
services are set to a level that may allow a user that belongs to
the network configuration operators group to change properties
associated with the service. Only members of the Network
Configuration Operators group on the targeted machine can remotely
attack Windows Server 2003, and this group contains no users by
default. The vulnerability could allow a user with valid logon
credentials to take complete control of the system on Microsoft
Windows XP Service Pack 1. |
(MS06-011) |
March 14, 2006 |
Vulnerability in PowerPoint 2000 Could Allow
Information Disclosure (889167):
An Information Disclosure vulnerability exists in
PowerPoint. An attacker who successfully exploited this
vulnerability could remotely attempt to access objects in the
Temporary Internet Files Folder (TIFF) explicitly by name. Note that
this vulnerability would not allow an attacker to execute code or to
elevate their user rights directly, but it could be used to produce
useful information that could be used to try to further compromise
the affected system. |
(MS06-010) |
February 14, 2006 |
Vulnerability in the Korean Input Method Editor
Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (901190):
A
privilege elevation
vulnerability exists in the Windows and Office Korean Input Method
Editor (IME). This vulnerability could allow a malicious user to
take complete control of an affected system. For an attack to be
successful an attacker must be able to interactively logon to the
affected system. |
(MS06-009) |
February 14, 2006 |
Vulnerability in Web Client Service Could Allow
Remote Code Execution (911927):
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in
the way that Windows processes Web Client requests that could allow
an attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerable to take
complete control of the affected system. |
(MS06-008) |
February 14, 2006 |
Vulnerability in TCP/IP Could Allow Denial of
Service (913446): A
denial of service
vulnerability exists that could allow an attacker to send a
specially crafted IGMP packet to an affected system. An attacker
could cause the affected system to stop responding. |
(MS06-007) |
February 14, 2006 |
Vulnerability in Windows Media Player Plug-in
with Non-Microsoft Internet Browsers Could Allow Remote Code
Execution (911564):
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the
Windows Media Player plug-in for non-Microsoft Internet browsers
because of the way the Windows Media Player plug-in handles a
malformed EMBED element. An attacker could exploit the vulnerability
by constructing a malicious EMBED element that could potentially
allow remote code execution if a user visited a malicious Web site.
An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could take
complete control of an affected system. |
(MS06-006) |
February 14, 2006 |
Vulnerability in Windows Media Player Could Allow
Remote Code Execution (911565):
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in
Windows Media Player because of the way that it handles processing
bitmap files. An attacker could exploit the vulnerability by
constructing a malicious bitmap file (.bmp) that could potentially
allow remote code execution if a user visited a malicious Web site
or viewed a malicious e-mail message. An attacker who successfully
exploited this vulnerability could take complete control of an
affected system. However, significant user interaction is required
to exploit this vulnerability. |
(MS06-005) |
February 14, 2006 |
Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer
(910620): A remote code execution
vulnerability exists in Internet Explorer because of the way that it
handles Windows Metafile (WMF) images. An attacker could exploit the
vulnerability by constructing a specially crafted WMF image that
could potentially allow remote code execution if a user visited a
malicious Web site, opened or previewed an e-mail message, or opened
a specially crafted attachment in e-mail. An attacker who
successfully exploited this vulnerability could take complete
control of an affected system. Note that this vulnerability in
Internet Explorer is separate from the vulnerabilities addressed in
Windows in MS05-053 and MS06-001. |
(MS06-004) |
February 14, 2006 |
Vulnerability in TNEF Decoding in Microsoft
Outlook and Microsoft Exchange Could Allow Remote Code Execution:
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in
Microsoft Outlook and Microsoft Exchange Server because of the way
that it decodes the Transport Neutral Encapsulation Format (TNEF)
MIME attachment. An attacker could exploit
the vulnerability by constructing a specially crafted TNEF message
that could potentially allow remote code execution when a user opens
or previews a malicious e-mail message or when the Microsoft
Exchange Server Information Store processes the specially crafted
message. |
(MS06-003) |
January 10, 2006 |
Vulnerability in Embedded Web Fonts Could Allow
Remote Code Execution:
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Windows because of the
way that it handles malformed embedded Web fonts. An attacker could
exploit the vulnerability by constructing a malicious embedded Web
font that could potentially allow remote code execution if a user
visited a malicious Web site or viewed a specially crafted e-mail
message. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability
could take complete control of an affected system. |
(MS06-002) |
January 10, 2006 |
Vulnerability in Graphics
Rendering Engine Could Allow Remote Code Execution (912919): This
update resolves a newly-discovered, public vulnerability. The
vulnerability is documented in the "Vulnerability Details" section
of this bulletin.
Note This vulnerability is currently being exploited and was
previously discussed by Microsoft in Microsoft Security Advisory
912840.
If a user is logged on with administrative user rights, an attacker
who successfully exploited this vulnerability could take complete
control of an affected system. An attacker could then install
programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with
full user rights. Users whose accounts are configured to have fewer
user rights on the system could be less impacted than users who
operate with administrative user rights. |
(MS06-001) |
January 5, 2006 |