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Microsoft XML Core Services Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (955218)

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

15 years ago

Modified

Modified

4 years ago

Summary

This host is missing a critical security update according to Microsoft Bulletin MS08-069.

Insight

Insight

The flaws are due to, - a memory corruption error when parsing malformed XML content. - the way MSXML handles error checks for external document type definitions (DTDs). - an error in the way MSXML handles transfer-encoding headers.

Affected Software

Affected Software

Microsoft XML Core Services 3.0/4.0/5.0/6.0 Microsoft Windows 2K Service Pack 4 and prior. Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3 and prior. Microsoft Windows 2003 Service Pack 2 and prior. Microsoft Office 2003 & 2007. Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word/Excel/PowerPoint 2007 File Formats.

Solution

Solution

The vendor has released updates. Please see the references for more information.

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)