[PCWorks] Windows Shell/WordPad COM Validation Vulnerability
- From: "Clint Hamilton-PCWorks Admin" <PCWorks@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "PCWorks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <pcworks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2010 04:49:49 -0500
TITLE:
Microsoft Windows Shell/WordPad COM Validation Vulnerability
Criticality level: Highly critical
Impact: System access
Where: From remote
http://secunia.com/advisories/41786/
DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in Microsoft Windows, which
can be
exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.
The vulnerability is caused due to an error in Windows Shell
and
WordPad when validating COM object instantiation and can be
exploited
via a specially crafted WordPad file or a shortcut file located
on a
remote WebDAV or SMB share.
Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code.
SOLUTION:
Apply patches.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
MS10-083 (KB2405882, KB979687, KB979688):
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms10-083.mspx
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