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Microsoft Windows ATL COM Initialization Code Execution Vulnerability (973525)

Information

Severity

Severity

Critical

Family

Family

Windows : Microsoft Bulletins

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

9.3

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

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

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

14 years ago

Modified

Modified

4 years ago

Summary

This host is missing a critical security update according to Microsoft Bulletin MS09-055.

Insight

Insight

The flaw is due to an error in the ATL headers that handle instantiation of an object from data streams, which could allow attackers to instantiate arbitrary objects in Internet Explorer that can bypass certain related security policies.

Affected Software

Affected Software

Microsoft Windows 7 Microsoft Windows 2K SP4/XP SP3/2K3 SP2 and prior Microsoft Windows Vista Service Pack 1/2 and prior Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 1/2 and prior

Solution

Solution

The vendor has released updates. Please see the references for more information. As a workaround set the killbit for the following CLSIDs: {0002E531-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}, {4C85388F-1500-11D1-A0DF-00C04FC9E20F}, {0002E532-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}, {0002E554-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}, {0002E55C-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}, {279D6C9A-652E-4833-BEFC-312CA8887857}, {B1F78FEF-3DB7-4C56-AF2B-5DCCC7C42331}, {C832BE8F-4B89-4579-A217-DB92E7A27915}, {A9A7297E-969C-43F1-A1EF-51EBEA36F850}, {DD8C2179-1B4A-4951-B432-5DE3D1507142}, {4F1E5B1A-2A80-42ca-8532-2D05CB959537}, {27A3D328-D206-4106-8D33-1AA39B13394B}, {DB640C86-731C-484A-AAAF-750656C9187D}, {15721a53-8448-4731-8bfc-ed11e128e444}, {3267123E-530D-4E73-9DA7-79F01D86A89F}

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)