National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2007-3027

Overview

Race condition in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01, 6, and 7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by causing Internet Explorer to install multiple language packs in a way that triggers memory corruption, aka "Language Pack Installation Vulnerability."

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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US-CERT Technical Alert: TA07-163A

Name: TA07-163A

Hyperlink:http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-163A.html

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2007-2153

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2153

External Source: HP

Name: HPSBST02231

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/471947/100/0/threaded

External Source: MS

Name: MS07-033

Hyperlink:http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms07-033.mspx

External Source: OSVDB

Name: 35350

Hyperlink:http://osvdb.org/35350

External Source: XF

Name: ie-language-code-execution(34621)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/34621

External Source: MISC

Name: http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-07-037.html

Hyperlink:http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-07-037.html

External Source: BID

Name: 24429

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24429

External Source: HP

Name: HPSBST02231

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/471947/100/0/threaded

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20070612 ZDI-07-037: Microsoft Internet Explorer Language Pack Installation Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/471209/100/0/threaded

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1018235

Hyperlink:http://securitytracker.com/id?1018235

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 25627

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/25627

US Government Resource: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1902

Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1902

Type: Tool Signature

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1902

References to Check Content

Identifier:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1902

Check System:http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1902