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HistoryJan 15, 2007 - 12:00 a.m.

Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 WMI Object Broker vulnerability

2007-01-1500:00:00
SAINT Corporation
my.saintcorporation.com
19

CVSS2

6.8

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

EPSS

0.964

Percentile

99.6%

Added: 01/15/2007
CVE: CVE-2006-4704
BID: 20843
OSVDB: 30155

Background

Microsoft Visual Studio is a product to assist with software development in the Windows operating system.

Problem

A flaw in the WMI Object Broker ActiveX control allows attackers to bypass security zone restrictions, leading to command execution when a user opens a specially crafted web page.

Resolution

Apply the patch referenced in Microsoft Security Bulletin 06-073.

References

<http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms06-073.mspx&gt;
<http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-06-047.html&gt;

Limitations

Exploit works on Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 and requires a user to open the exploit in a web browser.

Platforms

Windows

CVSS2

6.8

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

EPSS

0.964

Percentile

99.6%