National Cyber-Alert System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2007-2221

Overview

Unspecified vulnerability in the mdsauth.dll COM object in Microsoft Windows Media Server in the Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 SP4 on Windows 2000 SP4; 6 SP1 on Windows 2000 SP4; 6 and 7 on Windows XP SP2, or Windows Server 2003 SP1 or SP2; or 7 on Windows Vista allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via unspecified vectors, aka the "Arbitrary File Rewrite Vulnerability."

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

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US-CERT Vulnerability Note: VU#500753

Name: VU#500753

Hyperlink:http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/500753

US-CERT Technical Alert: TA07-128A

Name: TA07-128A

Hyperlink:http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-128A.html

External Source: MS

Name: MS07-027

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms07-027.mspx

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1018019

Hyperlink:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018019

External Source: BID

Name: 23827

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23827

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2007-1712

Hyperlink:http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2007/1712

External Source: MISC

Name: http://www.fortiguardcenter.com/advisory/FGA-2007-07.html

Hyperlink:http://www.fortiguardcenter.com/advisory/FGA-2007-07.html

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 23769

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/23769

External Source: XF

Name: ie-msdauth-code-execution(33355)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/33355

External Source: HP

Name: HPSBST02214

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/468871/100/200/threaded

External Source: OSVDB

Name: 34404

Hyperlink:http://www.osvdb.org/34404

US Government Resource: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1885

Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1885

Type: Tool Signature

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1885