CVE-2006-5559 - Untrodden Crotchmonkey

Description

The Execute method in the ADODB.Connection 2.7 and 2.8 ActiveX control objects (ADODB.Connection.2.7 and ADODB.Connection.2.8) in the Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC) 2.5 SP3 2.7 SP1 2.8 and 2.8 SP1 does not properly track freed memory when the second argument is a BSTR which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (Internet Explorer crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via certain strings in the second and third arguments.

Reference

http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2006/10/27/adodb-connection-poc-published.aspx http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/589272 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20704 http://securitytracker.com/id?1017127 http://research.eeye.com/html/alerts/zeroday/20061027.html http://www.osvdb.org/31882 http://secunia.com/advisories/22452 http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-044A.html http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0578 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29837 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A214 https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2007/ms07-009