A critical vulnerability was identified in Microsoft Internet Explorer, which could be exploited by remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands. This issue is due to a memory corruption error when instantiating the "Msdds.dll" (Microsoft Design Tools Diagram Surface) object as an ActiveX control, which could be exploited by an attacker to take complete control of an affected system via a specially crafted Web page [...]
Affected Products
Microsoft Office XP SP3
Microsoft Access 2002 SP3
Microsoft Visual Studio 2002
Msdds.dll version 7.0.9064.9112
Msdds.dll version 7.0.9064.9143
Msdds.dll version 7.0.9446.0
Internet Explorer 5.01 Service Pack 4 on Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4
Internet Explorer 6 Service Pack 1 on Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4
Internet Explorer 6 Service Pack 1 on Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 1
Internet Explorer 6 for Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2
Internet Explorer 6 Service Pack 1 for Microsoft Windows XP 64-Bit Edition Service Pack 1 (Itanium)
Internet Explorer 6 for Microsoft Windows Server 2003
Internet Explorer 6 for Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1
Internet Explorer 6 for Microsoft Windows Server 2003 for Itanium-based Systems
Internet Explorer 6 for Microsoft Windows Server 2003 with SP1 for Itanium-based Systems
Internet Explorer 6 for Microsoft Windows XP 64-Bit Edition Version 2003 (Itanium)
Internet Explorer 6 for Microsoft Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition
Internet Explorer 6 for Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition
Credits
Vulnerability reported by an anonymous person
ChangeLog
2005-08-17 : Initial release
2005-08-17 : Updated affected products (Microsoft Visual Studio)
2005-08-18 : Updated affected products (Microsoft Office)
2005-08-18 : Microsoft Security Advisory (906267)
2005-08-19 : Updated affected products
2005-08-25 : Updated affected products (Msdds.dll 7.0.9064.9143)
2005-10-10 : Updated Solution (MS05-052)
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