Microsoft Office Jet DataBase Engine MDB File Parsing Buffer Overflow
Publish date: July 21, 2015
Severity: CRITICAL
CVE Identifier: CVE-2007-6026,MS08-028
Advisory Date: JUL 21, 2015
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.
TREND MICRO PROTECTION INFORMATION
Apply associated Trend Micro DPI Rules.
SOLUTION
Trend Micro Deep Security DPI Rule Number: 1001194
Trend Micro Deep Security DPI Rule Name: 1001194 - Microsoft Office Jet DataBase Engine MDB File Parsing Buffer Overflow
AFFECTED SOFTWARE AND VERSION
- microsoft jet 4.0.8618.0
- microsoft office 2003
- microsoft windows_2000
- microsoft windows_2003_server
- microsoft windows_nt 4.0
- microsoft windows_xp
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