Microsoft Windows up to Server 2016 Uniscribe Font USP10!MergeLigRecords access control
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A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Windows up to Server 2016 (Operating System). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is the function USP10!MergeLigRecords
of the component Uniscribe Font Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-264. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
The bug was discovered 06/13/2017. The weakness was presented 06/13/2017 by Mateusz Jurczyk with Google Project Zero as KB4022724 as confirmed security update guide (Website). The advisory is shared at portal.msrc.microsoft.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2017-0283 since 09/09/2016. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details and also a public exploit are known. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue. The advisory points out:
A remote code execution vulnerability exists due to the way Windows Uniscribe handles objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could take control of the affected system. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights. 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.
A public exploit has been developed by Google Security Research and been published 2 weeks after the advisory. It is possible to download the exploit at github.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. We expect the 0-day to have been worth approximately $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 100759 (KB4022714: Windows 10 Version 1511 June 2017 Cumulative Update), 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 110299 (Microsoft Office and Microsoft Office Services and Web Apps Security Update June 2017).
Applying the patch KB4022724 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at catalog.update.microsoft.com. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (100759) and Exploit-DB (42234). See 102374, 102375, 102376 and 102377 for similar entries.
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Class: Access controlCWE: CWE-264
ATT&CK: T1068
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Status: Proof-of-Concept
Author: Google Security Research
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Nessus ID: 100759
Nessus Name: KB4022714: Windows 10 Version 1511 June 2017 Cumulative Update
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OpenVAS ID: 802136
OpenVAS Name: Microsoft Windows Multiple Vulnerabilites (KB4022719)
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Vendor: microsoft.comProduct: microsoft.com
Advisory: KB4022724
Researcher: Mateusz Jurczyk
Organization: Google Project Zero
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2017-0283 (🔍)
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SecurityTracker: 1038675
SecurityFocus: 98920 - Microsoft Windows Uniscribe CVE-2017-0283 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161215
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Created: 06/14/2017 10:22Updated: 12/27/2020 15:25
Changes: 06/14/2017 10:22 (99), 10/20/2019 09:39 (7), 12/27/2020 15:25 (4)
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