Alert: Microsoft Security Bulletin - MS03-038
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS03-038.asp
Unchecked buffer in Microsoft Access Snapshot Viewer Could Allow Code Execution
(827104)
Originally posted: September 3, 2003
Summary
Who should read this bulletin: Customers who use Microsoft® Access or who use
the downloadable Microsoft Access Snapshot Viewer
Impact of vulnerability: Allow an attacker to execute code of their choice
Maximum Severity Rating: Moderate
Recommendation: Customers who use Microsoft Access or who use the downloadable
Microsoft Access Snapshot Viewer should install the security patch at their
earliest opportunity.
End User Bulletin:
An end user version of this bulletin is available at:
http://www.microsoft.com/security/security_bulletins/ms03-038.asp.
Affected Software:
- Microsoft Access 97
- Microsoft Access 2000
- Microsoft Access 2002
Technical description:
With Microsoft Access Snapshot Viewer, you can distribute a snapshot of a
Microsoft Access database that allows the snapshot to be viewed without having
Access installed. For example, a customer may want to send a supplier an
invoice that is generated by using an Access database. With Microsoft Access
Snapshot Viewer, the customer can package the database so that the supplier can
view it and print it without having Access installed.The Microsoft Access
Snapshot Viewer is available with all versions of Access - though it is not
installed by default - and is also available as a separate stand-alone
download. The Snapshot Viewer is implemented by using an ActiveX control.
A vulnerability exists because of a flaw in the way that Snapshot Viewer
validates parameters. Because the parameters are not correctly checked, a
buffer overrun can occur, which could allow an attacker to execute the code of
their choice in the security context of the logged-on user.
For an attack to be successful, an attacker would have to persuade a user to
visit a malicious Web site that is under the attacker's control.
Mitigating factors:
- The Microsoft Access Snapshot Viewer is not installed with Microsoft Office
by default.
- An attacker would need to persuade a user to visit a website under the
attacker's control for an attack to be successful.
- An attacker's code would run with the same permissions as the user. If a
user's permissions were restricted the attacker would be similarly restricted.
Vulnerability identifier: CAN-2003-0665
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