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Vulnerability in Telephony Service Could Allow Remote Code Execution (893756)

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
Acertains the presence of update 893756

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

Summary :

Arbitrary code can be executed on the remote host due to a flaw in the
Telephony service.

Description :

The remote host contains a version of the Telephony service which is
vulnerable to a security flaw which may permit a possible hacker to execute
arbitrary code and take control of the remote host.

On Windows 2000 and Windows 2003 the server must be enabled and only
authenticated user can try to exploit this flaw.

On Windows 2000 Pro and Windows XP this is a local elevation of
privilege vulnerability.

Solution :

Microsoft has released a set of patches for Windows 2000, XP and 2003 :

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms05-040.mspx

Network Security Threat Level:

Medium / CVSS Base Score : 6
(AV:R/AC:L/Au:R/C:C/A:C/I:C/B:N)

Networks Security ID: 14518

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