Microsoft Windows NT 4.0/2000 Help Utility Help File memory corruption
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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Microsoft Windows NT 4.0/2000 (Operating System). Affected by this issue is an unknown part of the component Help Utility. The manipulation as part of a Help File 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. CVE summarizes:
Buffer overflow in Windows NT 4.0 help file utility via a malformed help file.
The weakness was shared 05/17/1999 as MS99-015 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is available at microsoft.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-1999-0716. The exploitation is known to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. A simple authentication is necessary for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.
Applying the patch MS99-015 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at microsoft.com.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (2190). support.microsoft.com is providing further details. The entry 14653 is related to this item.
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Class: Memory corruptionCWE: CWE-119
ATT&CK: Unknown
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Patch: MS99-015
Timeline
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Vendor: microsoft.comProduct: microsoft.com
Advisory: MS99-015
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-1999-0716 (🔍)
X-Force: 2190
Vulnerability Center: 718 - [MS99-015] Buffer overflow in Windows NT 4.0 help file utility via a malformed help file., Medium
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Entry
Created: 06/21/2014 00:24Updated: 04/07/2017 16:02
Changes: 06/21/2014 00:24 (45), 04/07/2017 16:02 (16)
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