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A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Windows 2000/Server 2003/XP (Operating System). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown function of the component CSRSS. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
The bug was discovered . The weakness was presented 04/12/2005 by David Fritz as MS05-018 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is available at microsoft.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2005-0551 since 02/26/2005. The attack needs to approached within the local network. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.
After 6 months, there has been an exploit disclosed. The exploit is available at securiteam.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 12885 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 18022 (MS05-018: Vulnerabilities in Windows Kernel (890859)), 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.
Applying the patch MS05-018 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at windowsupdate.microsoft.com. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (19836), Tenable (18022) and Exploit-DB (1198). See 1357, 1356 and 1355 for similar entries.
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Class: Memory corruptionCWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 18022
Nessus Name: MS05-018: Vulnerabilities in Windows Kernel (890859)
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Patch: MS05-018
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Vendor: microsoft.comProduct: microsoft.com
Advisory: MS05-018
Researcher: David Fritz
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2005-0551 (🔍)
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X-Force: 19836
Vulnerability Center: 7596 - [MS05-018] Windows Kernel Allows Elevated Privileges via CSRSS, Medium
SecurityFocus: 13115 - Microsoft Windows Kernel CSRSS Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Secunia: 14927 - Microsoft Windows Kernel Multiple Vulnerabilities, Less Critical
OSVDB: 15462 - Microsoft Windows CSRSS Local Overflow
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entry
Created: 04/13/2005 12:56Updated: 03/10/2021 19:35
Changes: 04/13/2005 12:56 (90), 07/02/2019 11:36 (10), 03/10/2021 19:35 (2)
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