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Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2006-5559

Original release date:10/27/2006

Last revised:09/05/2008

Source: US-CERT/NIST

Overview

The Execute method in the ADODB.Connection 2.7 and 2.8 ActiveX control objects (ADODB.Connection.2.7 and ADODB.Connection.2.8) in the Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC) 2.5 SP3, 2.7 SP1, 2.8, and 2.8 SP1 does not properly track freed memory when the second argument is a BSTR, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (Internet Explorer crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via certain strings in the second and third arguments.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS v2 Base Score:9.3 (HIGH) (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) (legend)

Impact Subscore: 10.0

Exploitability Subscore: 8.6

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

Access Vector: Network exploitable; Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism

Access Complexity: Medium

Authentication: Not required to exploit

Impact Type:Provides administrator access, Allows complete confidentiality, integrity, and availability violation; Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows disruption of service

Failed exploit attempts will likely result in an application level denial-of-service condition.

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US-CERT Vulnerability Note: VU#589272

Name: VU#589272

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/589272

US-CERT Technical Alert: TA07-044A

Name: TA07-044A

Hyperlink:http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-044A.html

External Source: XF

Name: ie-adodbconnection-Code-Execution(29837)

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/29837

External Source: BID