Intrusion PreventionMS.Outlook.Address.Book.File.Parsing.Remote.Heap.Overflow
Description
This indicates detection of an attempt to exploit a heap base vulnerability in Microsoft Outlook Express versions 5.5 and 6.
The vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the victim via a Windows Address Book (.wab) file with a malformed "Property Size" field of objects with Unicode and octet string types stored in the "User Property" section.
Affected Products
Microsoft Corporation: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.5 SP2
Microsoft Corporation: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.0
Microsoft Corporation: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.0 SP1
Impact
System Compromise: Remote code execution.
Recommended Actions
Apply the appropriate patch for your system.
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS06-016.mspx
Telemetry
Coverage
| IPS (Regular DB) | |
| IPS (Extended DB) |
| ID | 29695 |
| Created | Oct 21, 2011 |
| Updated | Nov 05, 2021 |
| Risk |
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| CVE ID | CVE-2006-0014 |
| Exploit Prediction Score | 60.7% |
| Default Action | drop |
| Active | |
| Affected OS | Windows |
| Affected App | MS_Office |