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Microsoft Jet Engine MDB File Parsing Stack Overflow Vulnerability( 14 May 2008 )

Last Update Date: 28 Jan 2011 Release Date: 14 May 2008 4216 Views

RISK: Medium Risk

A buffer overrun vulnerability exists in the Microsoft Jet Database Engine (Jet) that could allow remote code execution on an affected system. An attacker could exploit the vulnerability by creating a specially crafted database query and sending it through an application that is using Jet on an affected system. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could take complete control of an affected system. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights. Users whose accounts are configured to have fewer user rights on the system could be less impacted than users who operate with administrative user rights.


Impact

  • Remote Code Execution

System / Technologies affected

  • Microsoft Jet 4.0 Database Engine
    - Microsoft Windows 2000
    - Windows XP
    - Windows Server 2003

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