Microsoft Windows 95/NT 3.51 Samba Share code

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A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Windows 95/NT 3.51 (Operating System) and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block of the component Samba Share Handler. The manipulation with the input value cd .. leads to a code vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-17. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

windows nt crashes or locks up when a samba client executes a "cd .." command on a file share.

The issue has been introduced in 08/24/1995. The weakness was disclosed 01/01/1997 as Q140818 as confirmed knowledge base article (Website). The advisory is available at support.microsoft.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-1999-0179. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 496 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.

Upgrading to version 98 or NT 4.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (9).

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Class: Code
CWE: CWE-17
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Windows 98/NT 4.0

Timelineinfo

08/24/1995 🔍
01/01/1997 +496 days 🔍
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01/01/2003 +2191 days 🔍
06/17/2014 +4185 days 🔍
05/03/2019 +1781 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com
Product: microsoft.com

Advisory: Q140818
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-1999-0179 (🔍)
X-Force: 9
Vulnerability Center: 626 - CVE Id, High

Entryinfo

Created: 06/17/2014 22:56
Updated: 05/03/2019 06:59
Changes: 06/17/2014 22:56 (46), 05/03/2019 06:59 (16)
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