A vulnerability has been identified in Microsoft Windows, which could be exploited by attackers to execute arbitrary commands. This flaw is due to a heap corruption error in the Infotech Storage System Library ("itss.dll") that does not properly handle malformed ".CHM" files, which could be exploited by attackers to compromise a vulnerable system by tricking a user into opening or decompiling a malicious ".chm" file using the Microsoft Windows Help Utility ("hh.exe").
Credits
Vulnerability reported by Rubén Santamarta
ChangeLog
2006-05-10 : Initial release
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