Intrusion PreventionMS.Outlook.Express.NNTP.Buffer.Overflow
Description
This indicates an attack attempt against a buffer-overflow vulnerability in Microsoft Outlook Express and Microsoft Windows Mail.
The vulnerability is caused by an error when the vulnerable software handles malformed NNTP response. It allows a remote attacker to to execute arbitrary code via sending a specially crafted web page.
Affected Products
Microsoft Outlook Express 5.5 Service Pack 2
Microsoft Outlook Express 6
Microsoft Outlook Express 6 Service Pack 1
Microsoft Windows Mail
Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4
Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2
Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Service Pack 2
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition Service Pack 2
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP1 (Itanium)
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP2 (Itanium)
Microsoft Windows Vista
Microsoft Windows Vista x64 Edition
Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition
Impact
System compromise: Remote code execution.
Recommended Actions
Apply the patch, available from the following web site:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms07-056.mspx
Telemetry
Coverage
| IPS (Regular DB) | |
| IPS (Extended DB) |
| ID | 15051 |
| Created | Oct 09, 2007 |
| Updated | Feb 24, 2022 |
| Risk |
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| CVE ID | CVE-2007-3897 |
| Exploit Prediction Score | 95.87% |
| Default Action | drop |
| Active | |
| Affected OS | Windows |
| Affected App | Other |