Microsoft Windows prior 1 WINS memory corruption

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Microsoft Windows (Operating System). This affects an unknown part of the component WINS. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The WINS service (wins.exe) on Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0, Windows 2000 Server, and Windows Server 2003 allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary memory locations and possibly execute arbitrary code via a modified memory pointer in a WINS replication packet to TCP port 42, aka the "Association Context Vulnerability."

The bug was discovered 11/26/2004. The weakness was released 11/29/2004 by Kostya Kortchinsky and Nicolas Waisman with Immunity as MS04-045 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at immunitysec.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2004-1080 since 11/29/2004. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

After 2 months, there has been an exploit disclosed. The exploit is shared for download at beyonce.beyondsecurity.com. It is declared as highly functional. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 3 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 15962 (MS04-045: WINS Code Execution (870763)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows : Microsoft Bulletins and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 90199 (Microsoft Windows WINS Replication Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (MS04-045)).

Upgrading to version 1 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch MS04-045 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at microsoft.com.It is possible to mitigate the weakness by firewalling . The best possible mitigation is suggested to be applying a restrictive firewalling. A possible mitigation has been published 3 weeks after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Attack attempts may be identified with Snort ID 3017. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 3168.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (18259), Tenable (15962) and Exploit-DB (909). Further details are available at xforce.iss.net. Entry connected to this vulnerability is available at 1041.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
ATT&CK: Unknown

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Access: Public
Status: Highly functional
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Nessus ID: 15962
Nessus Name: MS04-045: WINS Code Execution (870763)
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Saint ID: exploit_info/wins_replication_service_pointer
Saint Name: Microsoft WINS replication service pointer corruption

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MetaSploit ID: ms04_045_wins.rb
MetaSploit Name: MS04-045 Microsoft WINS Service Memory Overwrite
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Upgrade: Windows 1
Patch: MS04-045

Snort ID: 3017
Snort Message: EXPLOIT WINS overflow attempt
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Vendor: microsoft.com
Product: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS04-045
Researcher: Kostya Kortchinsky, Nicolas Waisman
Organization: Immunity
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2004-1080 (🔍)
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X-Force: 18259 - WINS memory pointer hijack, High Risk
SecurityTracker: 1012516
Vulnerability Center: 6234 - [MS04-045] Buffer Overflow in Microsoft WINS Replication via Memory Pointer Hijacking, High
SecuriTeam: securiteam.com
SecurityFocus: 11763 - Microsoft Windows WINS Association Context Data Remote Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Secunia: 13328 - Microsoft Windows WINS Replication Packet Handling Vulnerability, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 12378 - Microsoft Windows WINS Association Context Validation Remote Code Execution

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 12/01/2004 14:32
Updated: 06/30/2019 11:43
Changes: 12/01/2004 14:32 (127), 06/30/2019 11:43 (3)
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