Microsoft Windows Address Book (WAB) File Format Parsing Vulnerability
April 11th, 2006
Vulnerability Details
This vulnerability allows attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of the Microsoft Windows operating system. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability.
The specific flaw exists during the parsing of malformed Windows Address Book (.WAB) files. Modification of the length value of certain Unicode strings within this file format results in an exploitable heap corruption.
Additional Details
Microsoft has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS06-016.mspx
Disclosure Timeline
- 2005-09-20 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
- 2006-04-11 - Coordinated public release of advisory
Credit
Stuart Pearson - Computer Terrorism (UK)
