HTTP: Microsoft Office 2000 OUACTR ActiveX Control

This signature detects attempts to exploit a known vulnerability in Internet Explorer. An attacker can create a malicious Web page that contains dangerous Active X calls, which if accessed by a victim, can allow the attacker to gain control of the victim's client browser.

Extended Description

Microsoft Office 2000 UA ActiveX Control is prone to a buffer-overflow vulnerability because the application fails to bounds-check user-supplied data before copying it into an insufficiently sized buffer. Successfully exploiting this issue allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code in the context of the application using the ActiveX control (typically Internet Explorer). Failed exploit attempts likely result in denial-of-service conditions.

Affected Products

Microsoft office_2000_multilanguage_packs

References

BugTraq: 24118

CVE: CVE-2007-2903

Short Name

HTTP:STC:CLSID:ACTIVEX:OUACTR

Severity

Major

Recommended

False

Recommended Action

Drop

HTTP: Microsoft Office 2000 OUACTR ActiveX Control

Extended Description

Affected Products

References

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