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Vulnerability in Visual Studio 2005 Could Allow Remote Code Execution (925674) Vulnerability Scan
Vulnerability Scan Summary Acertains the version of visual studio
Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Test
Synopsis :
Arbitrary code can be executed on the remote host through the web
browser.
Description :
The remote host is running a version of Microsoft Visual Studio 2005
which is vulnerable to a buffer overflow when handling malformed WMI
request in the ActiveX component.
A possible hacker may exploit this flaw to execute arbitrary code on this
host, by entice a use to visit a specially crafter web page.
Solution :
Microsoft has released a set of patches for VS2005 :
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms06-073.mspx
Threat Level:
Medium / CVSS Base Score : 5.6
(AV:R/AC:H/Au:NR/C:P/I:P/A:P/B:N)
Click HERE for more information and discussions on this network vulnerability scan.
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