National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2005-0044
Original release date:05/02/2005
Last revised:09/10/2008
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
The OLE component in Windows 98, 2000, XP, and Server 2003, and Exchange Server 5.0 through 2003, does not properly validate the lengths of messages for certain OLE data, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code, aka the "Input Validation Vulnerability."
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
6.4
Exploitability Subscore:
10.0
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Provides user account access, Allows partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability violation; Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows disruption of service
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US-CERT Vulnerability Note: VU#927889
Name: VU#927889
Type: Patch Information
US-CERT Technical Alert: TA05-039A
Name: TA05-039A
External Source: MS
Name: MS05-012
Type: Patch Information
External Source: XF
Name: win-ole-code-execution(19109)
Type: Advisory
US Government Resource: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:4499
Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:4499
Type: Tool Signature
US Government Resource: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:3568
Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:3568
Type: Tool Signature
US Government Resource: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:2917
Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:2917
Type: Tool Signature
US Government Resource: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1180
Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1180
Type: Tool Signature
