A vulnerability was identified in Microsoft Windows, which could be exploited by remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands or by local users to obtain elevated privileges. This flaw is due to a buffer overflow error in the Telephony Application Programming Interface (TAPI) that does not properly handle specially crafted messages, which could be exploited by remote attackers to compromise a vulnerable system [...]
Affected Products
Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4
Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 1
Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2
Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition
Microsoft Windows Server 2003
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 for Itanium-based Systems
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 with SP1 for Itanium-based Systems
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition
Microsoft Windows 98
Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition (SE)
Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition (ME)
Credits
Vulnerability reported by Kostya Kortchinsky
ChangeLog
2005-08-09 : Initial release
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