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CVE-2005-2127 Detail

Description

Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01, 5.5, and 6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a web page with embedded CLSIDs that reference certain COM objects that are not intended for use within Internet Explorer, as originally demonstrated using the (1) DDS Library Shape Control (Msdds.dll) COM object, and other objects including (2) Blnmgrps.dll, (3) Ciodm.dll, (4) Comsvcs.dll, (5) Danim.dll, (6) Htmlmarq.ocx, (7) Mdt2dd.dll (as demonstrated using a heap corruption attack with uninitialized memory), (8) Mdt2qd.dll, (9) Mpg4ds32.ax, (10) Msadds32.ax, (11) Msb1esen.dll, (12) Msb1fren.dll, (13) Msb1geen.dll, (14) Msdtctm.dll, (15) Mshtml.dll, (16) Msoeacct.dll, (17) Msosvfbr.dll, (18) Mswcrun.dll, (19) Netshell.dll, (20) Ole2disp.dll, (21) Outllib.dll, (22) Psisdecd.dll, (23) Qdvd.dll, (24) Repodbc.dll, (25) Shdocvw.dll, (26) Shell32.dll, (27) Soa.dll, (28) Srchui.dll, (29) Stobject.dll, (30) Vdt70.dll, (31) Vmhelper.dll, and (32) Wbemads.dll, aka a variant of the "COM Object Instantiation Memory Corruption vulnerability."


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Hyperlink Resource
http://isc.sans.org/diary.php?date=2005-08-18 Third Party Advisory 
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/72 Third Party Advisory 
http://securitytracker.com/id?1014727 Exploit  Patch  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry  Vendor Advisory 
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2005-214.pdf Third Party Advisory 
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/740372 Third Party Advisory  US Government Resource 
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/898241 Third Party Advisory  US Government Resource 
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/959049 Third Party Advisory  US Government Resource 
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/906267.mspx Mitigation  Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/470690/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14594 Exploit  Patch  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15061 Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA05-284A.html Third Party Advisory  US Government Resource 
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA05-347A.html Third Party Advisory  US Government Resource 
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-220A.html Third Party Advisory  US Government Resource 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1450 Broken Link 
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2005/ms05-052
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/21895 VDB Entry 
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34754 VDB Entry 
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1155
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1454
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1464
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1468
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1535
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1538

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2005-2127
NVD Published Date:
08/19/2005
NVD Last Modified:
10/19/2018
Source:
Microsoft Corporation