__________________________________________________________
The U.S. Department of Energy
Computer Incident Advisory Capability
___ __ __ _ ___
/ | /_\ /
\___ __|__ / \ \___
__________________________________________________________
INFORMATION BULLETIN
Vulnerability in Crystal Reports for Visual Studio
[Microsoft Security Bulletin (MS07-052)]
September 11, 2007 19:00 GMT Number R-341
[REVISED 21 Sept 2007]
______________________________________________________________________________
PROBLEM: A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way Crystal
Reports for Visual Studio handles malformed RPT files.
PLATFORM: Visual Studio .NET 2002 Service Pack 1
Visual Studio .NET 2003
Visual Studio 2005
DAMAGE: An attacker could exploit the vulnerability by sending an
affected user a malformed RPT file as an e-mail attachment, or
hosting the file on a malicious or compromised Web site; and
the attacker could gain the same user rights as the local user.
SOLUTION: Upgrade to the appropriate version.
______________________________________________________________________________
VULNERABILITY The risk is MEDIUM. This exploit only targets the copy of
ASSESSMENT: Crystal Reports that comes with Visual Studio.
______________________________________________________________________________
LINKS:
CIAC BULLETIN: http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/r-341.shtml
ORIGINAL BULLETIN: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS07-052.mspx
CVE: http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=
CVE-2006-6133
______________________________________________________________________________
REVISION HISTORY:
09/21/2007 - revised R-341 to reflect changes Microsoft has made in MS07-052 where
the executable filename for Visual Studio 2003 Service Pack 1 has
been correctly updated to VS7.1sp1-KB937059-x86-INTL in the
corresponding Reference Table under "Security Update Deployment".
[***** Start Microsoft Security Bulletin (MS07-052) *****]
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS07-052 - Important
Vulnerability in Crystal Reports for Visual Studio Could Allow Remote Code
Execution (941522)
Published: September 11, 2007 | Updated: September 19, 2007
Version: 1.1
General Information
Executive Summary
This important security update resolves a publicly disclosed vulnerability.
This vulnerability could allow remote code execution if a user opens a
specially crafted RPT file. 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.
This is an important security update for supported editions of Visual Studio
that include a custom version of Crystal Reports. Only the specific editions
of Visual Studio listed in the Affected Software section are affected because
they contain Crystal Reports. For more information, see the subsection,
Affected and Non-Affected Software, in this section.
This security update addresses the vulnerability by modifying the way that
Crystal Reports for Visual Studio handles RPT files. For more information
about the vulnerability, see the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) subsection
for the specific vulnerability entry under the next section, Vulnerability
Information.
Recommendation: Microsoft recommends that customers apply the security update
at the earliest opportunity.
Known Issues: None.
Top of section
Affected and Non-Affected Software
The software listed here have been tested to determine which versions or
editions are affected. Other versions or editions are either past their
support life cycle or are not affected. To determine the support life cycle
for your software version or edition, visit Microsoft Support Lifecycle. Only
the listed editions of Visual Studio are affected. Other editions do not need
to be updated because they do not contain Crystal Reports and are not
vulnerable.
Affected Software
Software Edition Maximum Security Impact Aggregate Severity Rating Bulletins
Replaced by This Update
Visual Studio .NET 2002 Service Pack 1
(KB937057)
Microsoft Visual Studio .NET Enterprise Architect
Microsoft Visual Studio .NET Enterprise Developer
Microsoft Visual Studio .NET Professional
Remote Code Execution
Important
None
Visual Studio .NET 2003
(KB937058)
Microsoft Visual Studio .NET Enterprise Architect 2003
Microsoft Visual Studio .NET Enterprise Developer 2003
Microsoft Visual Studio .NET Professional 2003
Remote Code Execution
Important
None
Visual Studio .NET 2003 Service Pack 1
(KB937059)
Microsoft Visual Studio .NET Enterprise Architect 2003
Microsoft Visual Studio .NET Enterprise Developer 2003
Microsoft Visual Studio .NET Professional 2003
Remote Code Execution
Important
None
Visual Studio 2005
(KB937060)
Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Professional Edition
Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Team Edition for Software Architects
Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Team Edition for Software Developers
Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Team Suite
Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Team Edition for Software Testers
Remote Code Execution
Important
None
Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1
(KB937061)
Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Professional Edition
Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Team Edition for Software Architects
Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Team Edition for Software Developers
Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Team Suite
Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Team Edition for Software Testers
Remote Code Execution
Important
None
Non-Affected Software
Operating System
Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 with Business Contact Manager
Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 with Business Contact Manager
Top of section
Vulnerability Information
Severity Ratings and Vulnerability Identifiers
Vulnerability Severity Rating and Maximum Security Impact by Affected Software
Affected Software Crystal Reports RPT Processing Vulnerability – CVE-2006-6133
Aggregate Severity Rating
Visual Studio .NET 2002 Service Pack 1
Important
Remote Code Execution
Important
Visual Studio .NET 2003
Important
Remote Code Execution
Important
Visual Studio .NET 2003 Service Pack 1
Important
Remote Code Execution
Important
Visual Studio 2005
Important
Remote Code Execution
Important
Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1
Important
Remote Code Execution
Important
Top of section
Crystal Reports RPT Processing Vulnerability – CVE-2006-6133
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way Crystal Reports for Visual
Studio handles malformed RPT files. An attacker could exploit the vulnerability by
sending an affected user a malformed RPT file as an e-mail attachment, or hosting
the file on a malicious or compromised Web site.
An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could gain the same user
rights as the local user. 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.
To view this vulnerability as a standard entry in the Common Vulnerabilities and
Exposures list, see CVE-2006-6133.
Update Information
Detection and Deployment Tools and Guidance
Manage the software and security updates you need to deploy to the servers,
desktop, and mobile computers in your organization. For more information see the
TechNet Update Management Center. The Microsoft TechNet Security Web site provides
additional information about security in Microsoft products.
Security updates are available from Microsoft Update, Windows Update, and Office
Update. Security updates are also available at the Microsoft Download Center. You
can find them most easily by doing a keyword search for "security_patch". Finally,
security updates can be downloaded from the Windows Update Catalog. For more
information about the Windows Update Catalog, see Microsoft Knowledge Base Article
323166.
Detection and Deployment Guidance
Microsoft has provided detection and deployment guidance for this month’s
security updates. This guidance will also help IT professionals understand how
they can use various tools to help deploy the security update, such as Windows
Update, Microsoft Update, Office Update, the Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer
(MBSA), the Office Detection Tool, Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS), the
Extended Security Update Inventory Tool, and the Enterprise Update Scan Tool (EST).
For more information, see Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 910723.
Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer and Enterprise Update Scan Tool (EST)
Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer (MBSA) allows administrators to scan local
and remote systems for missing security updates as well as common security
misconfigurations. For more information about MBSA, visit Microsoft Baseline
Security Analyzer.
MBSA 1.2.1 does not support detection for this security update. The Enterprise
Update Scan Tool does, and is what customers can use instead of MBSA 1.2.1. For
download links and more information about the version of EST that is being
released this month, see Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 894193. SMS customers
should also see the heading, Systems Management Server, for more information
about SMS and EST.
The following table provides the MBSA and EST detection summary for this
security update.
Software MBSA 1.2.1 EST MBSA 2.0.1
Visual Studio .NET 2002 Service Pack 1
No
Yes
No
Visual Studio .NET 2003
No
Yes
No
Visual Studio .NET 2003 Service Pack 1
No
Yes
No
Visual Studio 2005
No
Yes
Yes
Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1
No
Yes
Yes
For more information about MBSA, visit the Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer.
For more information about the software that Microsoft Update and MBSA 2.0
currently do not detect, see Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 895660.
Windows Server Update Services
By using Windows Server Update Services (WSUS), administrators can deploy the
latest important updates and security updates for Windows 2000 operating systems
and later, Office XP and later, Exchange Server 2003, and SQL Server 2000 to
Windows 2000 and later operating systems. For more information about how to
deploy this security update using Windows Server Update Services, visit the
Windows Server Update Services Web site.
Systems Management Server
The following table provides the SMS detection and deployment summary for this
security update.
Software SMS 2.0 SMS 2003
Visual Studio .NET 2002 Service Pack 1
Yes (with EST)
Yes
Visual Studio .NET 2003
Yes (with EST)
Yes
Visual Studio .NET 2003 Service Pack 1
Yes (with EST)
Yes
Visual Studio 2005
Yes (with EST)
Yes
Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1
Yes (with EST)
Yes
SMS 2.0 and SMS 2003 Software Update Services (SUS) Feature Pack can use MBSA
1.2.1 for detection and therefore have the same limitation listed earlier
relating to programs that MBSA 1.2.1 does not detect.
For SMS 2.0, the SMS SUS Feature Pack, which includes the Security Update
Inventory Tool (SUIT), can be used by SMS to detect security updates. SMS SUIT
uses the MBSA 1.2.1 engine for detection. For more information about SUIT,
visit the following Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 894154. For more
information about the limitations of SUIT, see Microsoft Knowledge Base Article
306460. The SMS SUS Feature Pack also includes the Microsoft Office Inventory
Tool to detect required updates for Microsoft Office applications.
For SMS 2003, the SMS 2003 Inventory Tool for Microsoft Updates (ITMU) can be
used by SMS to detect security updates that are offered by Microsoft Update
and that are supported by Windows Server Update Services. For more information
about the SMS 2003 ITMU, visit the following Microsoft Web site. SMS 2003 can
also use the Microsoft Office Inventory Tool to detect required updates for
Microsoft Office applications.
For more information about SMS, visit the Systems Management Server.
For more detailed information, see Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 910723:
Summary list of monthly detection and deployment guidance articles.
Top of section
Security Update Deployment
Affected Software
For information about the specific security update for your affected software,
click the appropriate link:
* Visual Studio .NET 2002 Service Pack 1
* Visual Studio .NET 2003
* Visual Studio 2005
Other Information
Support
• Customers in the U.S. and Canada can receive technical support from Microsoft
Product Support Services at 1-866-PCSAFETY. There is no charge for support calls
that are associated with security updates.
• International customers can receive support from their local Microsoft
subsidiaries. There is no charge for support that is associated with security
updates. For more information about how to contact Microsoft for support issues,
visit the International Support Web site.
Top of section
Disclaimer
The information provided in the Microsoft Knowledge Base is provided "as is"
without warranty of any kind. Microsoft disclaims all warranties, either express
or implied, including the warranties of merchantability and fitness for a
particular purpose. In no event shall Microsoft Corporation or its suppliers be
liable for any damages whatsoever including direct, indirect, incidental,
consequential, loss of business profits or special damages, even if Microsoft
Corporation or its suppliers have been advised of the possibility of such damages.
Some states do not allow the exclusion or limitation of liability for consequential
or incidental damages so the foregoing limitation may not apply.
Top of section
Revisions
• V1.0 (September 11, 2007): Bulletin published.
• V1.1 (September 19, 2007): Bulletin updated: The executable filename for Visual
Studio 2003 Service Pack 1 has been correctly updated to VS7.1sp1-KB937059-x86-INTL
in the corresponding Reference Table under “Security Update Deployment”.
[***** End Microsoft Security Bulletin (MS07-052) *****]
_______________________________________________________________________________
CIAC wishes to acknowledge the contributions of Microsoft for the
information contained in this bulletin.
_______________________________________________________________________________
CIAC, the Computer Incident Advisory Capability, is the computer
security incident response team for the U.S. Department of Energy
(DOE) and the emergency backup response team for the National
Institutes of Health (NIH). CIAC is located at the Lawrence Livermore
National Laboratory in Livermore, California. CIAC is also a founding
member of FIRST, the Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams, a
global organization established to foster cooperation and coordination
among computer security teams worldwide.
CIAC services are available to DOE, DOE contractors, and the NIH. CIAC
can be contacted at:
Voice: +1 925-422-8193 (7x24)
FAX: +1 925-423-8002
STU-III: +1 925-423-2604
E-mail: ciac@ciac.org
Previous CIAC notices, anti-virus software, and other information are
available from the CIAC Computer Security Archive.
World Wide Web: http://www.ciac.org/
Anonymous FTP: ftp.ciac.org
PLEASE NOTE: Many users outside of the DOE, ESnet, and NIH computing
communities receive CIAC bulletins. If you are not part of these
communities, please contact your agency's response team to report
incidents. Your agency's team will coordinate with CIAC. The Forum of
Incident Response and Security Teams (FIRST) is a world-wide
organization. A list of FIRST member organizations and their
constituencies can be obtained via WWW at http://www.first.org/.
This document was prepared as an account of work sponsored by an
agency of the United States Government. Neither the United States
Government nor the University of California nor any of their
employees, makes any warranty, express or implied, or assumes any
legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or
usefulness of any information, apparatus, product, or process
disclosed, or represents that its use would not infringe privately
owned rights. Reference herein to any specific commercial products,
process, or service by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, or
otherwise, does not necessarily constitute or imply its endorsement,
recommendation or favoring by the United States Government or the
University of California. The views and opinions of authors expressed
herein do not necessarily state or reflect those of the United States
Government or the University of California, and shall not be used for
advertising or product endorsement purposes.
LAST 10 CIAC BULLETINS ISSUED (Previous bulletins available from CIAC)
R-331: HP-UX Running the Ignite-UX or the DynRootDisk (DRD) get_system_info Command
R-332: MSN Messenger and Windows Live Messenger Webcam Vulnerability
R-333: BIND Version 8 Vulnerable
R-334: Oracle JInitiator Vulnerabilities
R-335: rsync Vulnerability
R-336: XSS and SQL Injection in Cisco CallManager/Unified Communications Manager Logon Page Vulnerabilities
R-337: HP OpenView Performance Manager (OVPM) Vulnerability
R-338: postfix-policy Vulnerability
R-339: Quiksoft EasyMauil SMTP ActiveX Vulnerabilities
R-340: Vulnerability in Microsoft Agent