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Buffer Overflow in Windows Troubleshooter ActiveX Control (826232)
Information
Severity
Severity
Medium
Family
Family
Windows : Microsoft Bulletins
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
5.0
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
18 years ago
Modified
Modified
4 years ago
Summary
A security vulnerability exists in the Microsoft Local Troubleshooter ActiveX control in Windows 2000.
Insight
Insight
The vulnerability exists because the ActiveX control (Tshoot.ocx) contains a buffer overflow. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker would have to create a specially formed HTML based e-mail and send it to the user. Alternatively an attacker would have to host a malicious Web site that contained a Web page designed to exploit this vulnerability.
Affected Software
Affected Software
Windows 2000
Solution
Solution
The vendor has released updates. Please see the references for more information.