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 [...]
References
http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2005/1355
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS05-040.mspx
Credits
Vulnerability reported by Kostya Kortchinsky
ChangeLog
2005-08-09 : Initial release
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