Vulnerabilities > CVE-2006-0001 - Improper Restriction of Operations Within the Bounds of A Memory Buffer vulnerability in Microsoft Office and Publisher
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
MEDIUM Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
COMPLETE Integrity impact
COMPLETE Availability impact
COMPLETE Summary
Stack-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Publisher 2000 through 2003 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted PUB file, which causes an overflow when parsing fonts.
Vulnerable Configurations
Part | Description | Count |
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Application | 7 |
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
- Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables This attack pattern involves causing a buffer overflow through manipulation of environment variables. Once the attacker finds that they can modify an environment variable, they may try to overflow associated buffers. This attack leverages implicit trust often placed in environment variables.
- Overflow Buffers Buffer Overflow attacks target improper or missing bounds checking on buffer operations, typically triggered by input injected by an attacker. As a consequence, an attacker is able to write past the boundaries of allocated buffer regions in memory, causing a program crash or potentially redirection of execution as per the attackers' choice.
- Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow This type of attack exploits a buffer overflow vulnerability in targeted client software through injection of malicious content from a custom-built hostile service.
- Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow In this attack, the idea is to cause an active filter to fail by causing an oversized transaction. An attacker may try to feed overly long input strings to the program in an attempt to overwhelm the filter (by causing a buffer overflow) and hoping that the filter does not fail securely (i.e. the user input is let into the system unfiltered).
- MIME Conversion An attacker exploits a weakness in the MIME conversion routine to cause a buffer overflow and gain control over the mail server machine. The MIME system is designed to allow various different information formats to be interpreted and sent via e-mail. Attack points exist when data are converted to MIME compatible format and back.
Nessus
NASL family | Windows : Microsoft Bulletins |
NASL id | SMB_NT_MS06-054.NASL |
description | The remote host is running a version of Microsoft Publisher that could allow arbitrary code to be run. To succeed, the attacker would have to send a rogue file to a user of the remote computer and have it open it. Then a bug in the font parsing handler would result in code execution. |
last seen | 2020-06-01 |
modified | 2020-06-02 |
plugin id | 22334 |
published | 2006-09-12 |
reporter | This script is Copyright (C) 2006-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc. |
source | https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/22334 |
title | MS06-054: Vulnerability in Microsoft Publisher Could Allow Remote Code Execution (910729) |
code |
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Oval
accepted | 2014-08-18T04:06:04.773-04:00 | ||||||||||||||||||||
class | vulnerability | ||||||||||||||||||||
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description | Stack-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Publisher 2000 through 2003 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted PUB file, which causes an overflow when parsing fonts. | ||||||||||||||||||||
family | windows | ||||||||||||||||||||
id | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:590 | ||||||||||||||||||||
status | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||
submitted | 2006-09-21T07:56:35 | ||||||||||||||||||||
title | Microsoft Publisher Vulnerability | ||||||||||||||||||||
version | 11 |
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21863
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1548
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016825
- http://www.computerterrorism.com/research/ct12-09-2006-2.htm
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/406236
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/445824/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/446630/100/100/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19951
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-255A.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3565
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-054
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28648
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A590