National Cyber-Alert System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2006-4704

Overview

Cross-zone scripting vulnerability in the WMI Object Broker (WMIScriptUtils.WMIObjectBroker2) ActiveX control (WmiScriptUtils.dll) in Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 allows remote attackers to bypass Internet zone restrictions and execute arbitrary code by instantiating dangerous objects, aka "WMI Object Broker Vulnerability."

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

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US-CERT Vulnerability Note: VU#854856

Name: VU#854856

Hyperlink:http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/854856

US-CERT Technical Alert: TA06-346A

Name: TA06-346A

Hyperlink:http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-346A.html

External Source: MISC

Name: http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-06-047.html

Hyperlink:http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-06-047.html

External Source: BID

Name: 20843

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20843

External Source: MS

Name: MS06-073

Hyperlink:http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms06-073.mspx

External Source: MSKB

Name: 927709

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/927709.mspx

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2006-4282

Hyperlink:http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2006/4282

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1017142

Hyperlink:http://securitytracker.com/id?1017142

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 22603

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/22603

External Source: MISC

Name: http://research.eeye.com/html/alerts/zeroday/20061031.html

Hyperlink:http://research.eeye.com/html/alerts/zeroday/20061031.html

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2006/11/01/microsoft-security-advisory-927709-posted.aspx

Hyperlink:http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2006/11/01/microsoft-security-advisory-927709-posted.aspx

External Source: XF

Name: ie-wscriptshell-command-execution(29915)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/29915

External Source: MISC

Name: http://www.securityfocus.com/data/vulnerabilities/exploits/0day_ie.pdf

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/data/vulnerabilities/exploits/0day_ie.pdf

External Source: BID

Name: 20797

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20797

External Source: HP

Name: HPSBST02180

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/454969/100/200/threaded

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20061212 ZDI-06-047: Microsoft Visual Studio WmiScriptUtils.dll Cross-Zone Scripting Vulnerability

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/454201/100/0/threaded

US Government Resource: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:288

Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:288

Type: Tool Signature

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:288