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Two new MS exploits....

Unread postby 'KotaGuy » July 12th, 2005, 8:09 pm

"Microsoft Word Font Parsing Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Lord Yup has reported a vulnerability in Microsoft Word, which can be
exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.

The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error within the
parsing of fonts. This can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer
overflow by tricking a user into opening a specially crafted Word
document.

Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code."


Secunia Advisory

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"Microsoft Windows Color Management Module Buffer Overflow

A vulnerability has been reported in Microsoft Windows, which can be
exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.

The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error within the color
management module when validating ICC profile format tags. This can
be exploited to cause a buffer overflow by e.g. tricking a user into
visiting a malicious web site or view a malicious e-mail message
containing a specially crafted image file.

Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code."


Secunia Advisory
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Unread postby 'KotaGuy » July 12th, 2005, 8:09 pm

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