TITLE:
Microsoft Data Access Components RDS.Dataspace ActiveX Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA19583

VERIFY ADVISORY:
https://secunia.com/advisories/19583/

CRITICAL:
Highly critical

IMPACT:
System access

WHERE:
>From remote

OPERATING SYSTEM:
Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
https://secunia.com/product/21/
Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server
https://secunia.com/product/1177/
Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
https://secunia.com/product/1/
Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
https://secunia.com/product/20/
Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
https://secunia.com/product/16/
Microsoft Windows XP Professional
https://secunia.com/product/22/

SOFTWARE:
Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC) 2.x
https://secunia.com/product/1807/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in Microsoft Data Access Components
(MDAC), which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a
vulnerable system.

The vulnerability is caused due to an unspecified error in the
behaviour of the RDS.Dataspace ActiveX control as it fails to ensure
that it interacts safely with a web site.

SOLUTION:
Apply patches.

Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 1 running Microsoft Data Access
Components 2.7 Service Pack 1:
https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=2F9E772C-8122-4027-A117-E93227B2C79F

Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 running Microsoft Data Access
Components 2.8 Service Pack 1:
https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=2F9E772C-8122-4027-A117-E93227B2C79F

Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition running Microsoft Data
Access Components 2.8 Service Pack 2:
https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=9C8B645D-0F01-4B79-B6B3-55279BEDB944

Microsoft Windows Server 2003 running Microsoft Data Access
Components 2.8:
https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=39B29ED4-9B95-4593-BCB6-4BB03CA5F8F1

Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 running Microsoft Data
Access Components 2.8 Service Pack 2:
https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=39B29ED4-9B95-4593-BCB6-4BB03CA5F8F1

Microsoft Windows Server 2003 for Itanium-based Systems running
Microsoft Data Access Components 2.8:
https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=4D2FE426-E34E-4192-8A0F-35E440E948E2

Microsoft Windows Server 2003 with SP1 Itanium running Microsoft Data
Access Components 2.8 Service Pack 2:
https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=4D2FE426-E34E-4192-8A0F-35E440E948E2

Microsoft Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition running Microsoft Data
Access Components 2.8 Service Pack 2:
https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=E237C2C7-9819-437B-AB70-298BA62AC285

Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 with Microsoft Data Access Components 2.5
Service Pack 3 installed:
https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=1B3E6CB9-1EF2-4BA1-A2F2-F87B717372FB

Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 with Microsoft Data Access Components 2.7
Service Pack 1 installed:
https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=0AA7C8B7-8417-42D8-8E73-5466C03B8C65

Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 with Microsoft Data Access Components 2.8
installed:
https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=2494B25D-452F-4025-8B67-41A5C840F7E2

Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 with Microsoft Data Access Components 2.8
Service Pack 1 installed:
https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=7358DA31-959C-4E3E-8115-51DC6D441365

Windows XP Service Pack 1 with Microsoft Data Access Components 2.8
installed:
https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=2494B25D-452F-4025-8B67-41A5C840F7E2

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
The vendor credits:
* Golan Yosef, Finjan.
* Stefano Meller and Mirko Gatto, Yarix.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
MS06-014 (KB911562):
https://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS06-014.mspx

OTHER REFERENCES:
US-CERT VU#234812:
https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/234812

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