Microsoft : Security Vulnerabilities, CVEs, Published In February 2007

Unspecified vulnerability in Publisher 2007 in Microsoft Office 2007 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, related to a "file format vulnerability." NOTE: this information is based upon a vague pre-advisory with no actionable information. However, the advisory is from a reliable source.

The child frames in Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 inherit the default charset from the parent window when a charset is not specified in an HTTP Content-Type header or META tag, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks, as demonstrated using the UTF-7 character set.

Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL dereference and application crash) via JavaScript onUnload handlers that modify the structure of a document.

Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 allows remote attackers to prevent users from leaving a site, spoof the address bar, and conduct phishing and other attacks via onUnload Javascript handlers.

Microsoft Windows Explorer on Windows XP and 2003 allows remote user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a malformed WMF file, which triggers the crash when the user browses the folder.

Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Powerpoint allows remote user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via unknown attack vectors, as exploited by Trojan.PPDropper.G. NOTE: as of 20070213, it is not clear whether this is the same issue as CVE-2006-5296, CVE-2006-4694, CVE-2006-3876, CVE-2006-3877, or older issues.

Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer on Windows Mobile 5.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (loss of browser and other device functionality) via a malformed WML page, related to an "overflow state." NOTE: it is possible that this issue is related to CVE-2007-0685.

Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Word 2000 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via unknown vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-5994, CVE-2006-6456, CVE-2006-6561, and CVE-2007-0515, a variant of Exploit-MS06-027.

The ReadDirectoryChangesW API function on Microsoft Windows 2000, XP, Server 2003, and Vista does not check permissions for child objects, which allows local users to bypass permissions by opening a directory with LIST (READ) access and using ReadDirectoryChangesW to monitor changes of files that do not have LIST permissions, which can be leveraged to determine filenames, access times, and other sensitive information.

The 64-bit versions of Microsoft Visual C++ 8.0 standard library (MSVCR80.DLL) time functions, including (1) localtime, (2) localtime_s, (3) gmtime, (4) gmtime_s, (5) ctime, (6) ctime_s, (7) wctime, (8) wctime_s, and (9) fstat, trigger an assertion error instead of a NULL pointer or EINVAL when processing a time argument later than Jan 1, 3000, which might allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application exit) via large time values. NOTE: it could be argued that this is a design limitation of the functions, and the vulnerability lies with any application that does not validate arguments to these functions. However, this behavior is inconsistent with documentation, which does not list assertions as a possible result of an error condition.

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1 on Windows 2000, and 6.0 SP2 on Windows XP, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via an HTML document containing a certain JavaScript for loop with an empty loop body, possibly involving getElementById.

Internet Explorer on Windows Mobile 5.0 and Windows Mobile 2003 and 2003SE for Smartphones and PocketPC allows attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash and device instability) via unspecified vectors, possibly related to a buffer overflow.

A certain ActiveX control in sapi.dll (aka the Speech API) in Speech Components in Microsoft Windows Vista, when the Speech Recognition feature is enabled, allows user-assisted remote attackers to delete arbitrary files, and conduct other unauthorized activities, via a web page with an embedded sound object that contains voice commands to an enabled microphone, allowing for interaction with Windows Explorer.

Pictures and Videos on Windows Mobile 5.0 and Windows Mobile 2003 and 2003SE for Smartphones and PocketPC allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device hang) via a malformed JPEG file.

Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Excel 2000, XP, 2003, and 2004 for Mac, and possibly other Office products, allows remote user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via unknown attack vectors, as demonstrated by Exploit-MSExcel.h in targeted zero-day attacks.

Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01, 6, and 7 uses certain COM objects from (1) Msb1fren.dll, (2) Htmlmm.ocx, and (3) Blnmgrps.dll as ActiveX controls, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, a different issue than CVE-2006-4697.

The wininet.dll FTP client code in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 and 6 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an FTP server response of a specific length that causes a terminating null byte to be written outside of a buffer, which causes heap corruption.

The HTML Help ActiveX control (Hhctrl.ocx) in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP3, XP SP2 and Professional, 2003 SP1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified functions, related to uninitialized parameters.

The hardware detection functionality in the Windows Shell in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and Professional, and Server 2003 SP1 allows local users to gain privileges via an unvalidated parameter to a function related to the "detection and registration of new hardware."

The Window Image Acquisition (WIA) Service in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 allows local users to gain privileges via unspecified vectors involving an "unchecked buffer," probably a buffer overflow.

Microsoft Word in Office 2000 SP3, XP SP3, Office 2003 SP2, Works Suite 2004 to 2006, and Office 2004 for Mac allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a Word file with a malformed drawing object, which leads to memory corruption.

Microsoft Word in Office 2000 SP3, XP SP3, Office 2003 SP2, Works Suite 2004 to 2006, and Office 2004 for Mac does not correctly check the properties of certain documents and warn the user of macro content, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

The OLE Dialog component in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2, and 2003 SP1 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an RTF file with a malformed OLE object that triggers memory corruption.

The MFC component in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2, and 2003 SP1 and Visual Studio .NET 2000, 2002 SP1, 2003, and 2003 SP1 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an RTF file with a malformed OLE object that triggers memory corruption. NOTE: this might be due to a stack-based buffer overflow in the AfxOleSetEditMenu function in MFC42u.dll.

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0.2900 SP2 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a table element with a CSS attribute that sets the position, which triggers an "unhandled exception" in mshtml.dll.