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Microsoft Security Bulletins

February 2004


Prior Updates:


February 2004

Microsoft Security Bulletin MS04-004

Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (832894)

Severity: Critical
Vulnerabilities:
  • Travel Log Cross Domain Vulnerability - CAN-2003-1026
    A vulnerability that involves the cross-domain security model of Internet Explorer. The cross domain security model of Internet Explorer keeps windows of different domains from sharing information. This vulnerability could result in the execution of script in the Local Machine zone. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would have to host a malicious Web site that contained a Web page designed to exploit the vulnerability and then persuade a user to view the Web page. The attacker could also create an HTML e-mail message designed to exploit the vulnerability and persuade the user to view the HTML e-mail message. After the user has visited the malicious Web site or viewed the malicious HTML e-mail message an attacker who exploited this vulnerability could access information from other Web sites, access files on a user's system, and run arbitrary code on a user's system. This code would run in the security context of the currently logged on user.
  • Function Pointer Drag and Drop Vulnerability - CAN-2003-1027
    A vulnerability that involves performing a drag-and-drop operation with function pointers during dynamic HTML (DHTML) events in Internet Explorer. This vulnerability could allow a file to be saved in a target location on the user's system if the user clicked a link. No dialog box would request that the user approve this download. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would have to host a malicious Web site that contained a Web page that had a specially-crafted link. The attacker would then have to persuade a user to click that link. The attacker could also create an HTML e-mail message that had a specially-crafted link, and then persuade the user to view the HTML e-mail message and then click the malicious link. If the user clicked this link, code of the attacker's choice would not be executed, but could be saved on the user's computer in a targeted location.
  • mproper URL Canonicalization Vulnerability - CAN-2003-1025
    A vulnerability that involves the incorrect parsing of URLs that contain special characters. When combined with a misuse of the clear-text authentication feature that has "username:password@" at the beginning of a URL, this vulnerability could result in a misrepresentation of the URL in the address bar of an Internet Explorer window. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would have to host a malicious Web site that contained a Web page that had a specially-crafted link. The attacker would then have to persuade a user to click that link. The attacker could also create an HTML e-mail message that had a specially-crafted link, and then persuade the user to view the HTML e-mail message and then click the malicious link. If the user clicked this link, an Internet Explorer window could open with a URL of the attacker's choice in the address bar, but with content from a Web Site of the attacker's choice inside the window. For example, an attacker could create a link that once clicked on by a user would display http://www.tailspintoys.com in the address bar, but actually contained content from another Web Site, such as http://www.wingtiptoys.com. (Note: these web sites are provided as an example only, and both redirect to http://www.microsoft.com.)

Microsoft Security Bulletin MS04-005

Vulnerability in Virtual PC for Mac Could Allow Privilege Elevation (835150)

Severity: Important
Vulnerabilities:
  • Virtual PC for Mac Vulnerability - CAN-2004-0115
    A security vulnerability exists in Microsoft Virtual PC for Mac. The vulnerability exists because of the method by which Virtual PC for Mac creates a temporary file when you run Virtual PC for Mac. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by inserting malicious code into the file which could cause the code to be run with system privileges. This could give the attacker complete control over the system.

Microsoft Security Bulletin MS04-006

Vulnerability in the Windows Internet Naming Service (WINS) Could Allow Code Execution (830352)

Severity: Important
Vulnerabilities:
  • Windows Internet Naming Service (WINS) Vulnerability - CAN-2003-0825
    A security vulnerability exists in the Windows Internet Naming Service (WINS). This vulnerability exists because of the method that WINS uses to validate the length of specially-crafted packets. On Windows Server 2003 this vulnerability could allow an attacker who sent a series of specially-crafted packets to a WINS server to cause the service to fail. Most likely, this could cause a denial of service, and the service would have to be manually restarted to restore functionality.

Microsoft Security Bulletin MS04-007

ASN.1 Vulnerability Could Allow Code Execution (828028)

Severity: Critical
Vulnerabilities:
  • ASN.1 Vulnerability - CAN-2003-0818
    A security vulnerability exists in the Microsoft ASN.1 Library that could allow code execution on an affected system. The vulnerability is caused by an unchecked buffer in the Microsoft ASN.1 Library, which could result in a buffer overflow.