Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in Microsoft msjet40.dll 4.0.8618.0 (aka Microsoft Jet Engine), as used by Access 2003 in Microsoft Office 2003 SP3, allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted MDB file database file containing a column structure with a modified column count. NOTE: this might be the same issue as CVE-2005-0944.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 1
- Microsoft Jet Engine - '.MDB' File Parsing Stack Overflow EDB-4625 · local · Nov 16, 2007 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- http://dvlabs.tippingpoint.com/advisory/TPTI-08-04
- VU#936529 third-party-advisory
- 20071116 Re: Microsoft Jet Engine MDB File Parsing Stack Overflow Vulnerability mailing-list
- 20071118 Re: [Full-disclosure] Microsoft Jet Engine MDB File Parsing Stack Overflow Vulnerability mailing-list
- MS08-028 vendor-advisory
- 3376 third-party-advisory
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5578 vdb-entry signature
- 20080513 TPTI-08-04: Microsoft Office Jet Database Engine Column Parsing Stack Overflow Vulnerability mailing-list
- 28398 vdb-entry
- SSRT080071 vendor-advisory
- 20071116 Microsoft Jet Engine MDB File Parsing Stack Overflow Vulnerability mailing-list
- 26468 vdb-entry
- 20071117 Re: Microsoft Jet Engine MDB File Parsing Stack Overflow Vulnerability mailing-list
- TA08-134A third-party-advisory
- http://ruder.cdut.net/blogview.asp?logID=227
- 1018976 vdb-entry
- microsoft-jet-engine-mdb-bo(38499) vdb-entry
- 20071116 Microsoft Jet Engine MDB File Parsing Stack Overflow Vulnerability mailing-list