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Vulnerability: MS09-060 - Critical Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Active Template Library (ATL) ActiveX Controls for Microsoft Office Could Allow Remote Code Execution (973965)
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| Details | |
|---|---|
| Vulnerability name/brief description | MS09-060 - Critical Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Active Template Library (ATL) ActiveX Controls for Microsoft Office Could Allow Remote Code Execution (973965) |
| CVE/CAN name | CVE-2009-0901, CVE-2009-2493, CVE-2009-2495 |
| Vendor threat level | Critical |
| SophosLabs threat level | Medium |
| Solution | Apply the update associated with MS09-060 |
| Vendor description | This security update resolves several privately reported vulnerabilities in ActiveX Controls for Microsoft that were compiled with a vulnerable version of Microsoft Active Template Library (ATL). The vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution if a user loaded a specially crafted component or control. Users whose accounts are configured to have fewer user rights on the system could be less impacted than users who operate with administrative user rights. |
| SophosLabs comments | This update addresses some issues with ActiveX Controls for Microsoft that were compiled with vulnerable versions of Microsoft Active Template Library (ATL). Vulnerabilities related to the ATL headers could be exploited to remotly execute arbitrary code. |
| SophosLabs testing result | N/A |
| Currently known exploits | At the time of writing SophosLabs have not observed any malware attempting to exploit this vulnerability. Should this situation change samples will be analyzed and we will take action as necessary. |
| First sample seen | N/A |
| Discovery date | 14 March 2009 |
| Affected software | Microsoft Office XP Service Pack 3 Microsoft Outlook 2002 Service Pack 3 Microsoft Office 2003 Service Pack 3 Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 Service Pack 3 2007 Microsoft Office System Service Pack 1 and 2007 Microsoft Office System Service Pack 2 Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 Service Pack 1 and Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 Service Pack 2 Microsoft Visio 2002 Viewer Microsoft Office Visio 2003 Viewer Microsoft Office Visio Viewer 2007, Microsoft Office Visio Viewer 2007 Service Pack 1, and Microsoft Office Visio Viewer 2007 Service Pack 2 |
| References | http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/ms09-060.mspx http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-0901 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-2493 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-2495 |
| Credits | Microsoft MAPP Program David Dewey (CVE-2009-0901) Ryan Smith (CVE-2009-2493 & CVE-2009-2495) |
| Revisions | October 14th 2009 - Initial analysis written |
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- Article ID: 64685
- Created: 14 Oct 2009
- Last updated: 14 Oct 2009
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