VDB-1666 · SA16256

Microsoft Office 2000 Shared Sections denial of service

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A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Microsoft Office 2000 (Office Suite Software). This vulnerability affects an unknown function of the component Shared Sections Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. As an impact it is known to affect availability.

The issue has been introduced in 06/07/1999. The weakness was released 07/29/2005 by Sylvain Roger with Solucom (Website). The advisory is available at secunia.com. The attack can be initiated remotely. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1499 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 2244 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at windowsupdate.microsoft.com.Proper firewalling of is able to address this issue. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be applying a restrictive firewalling.

Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at 1668, 1664, 1665 and 1669.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.8
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Firewall
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Patch: windowsupdate.microsoft.com

Timelineinfo

06/07/1999 🔍
07/29/2005 +2244 days 🔍
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08/02/2005 +4 days 🔍
07/04/2019 +5084 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: secunia.com⛔
Researcher: Sylvain Roger
Organization: Solucom
Status: Not defined
Secunia: 16256 - Microsoft Office Insecure Shared Section Permissions, Not Critical

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Entryinfo

Created: 08/02/2005 15:07
Updated: 07/04/2019 06:17
Changes: 08/02/2005 15:07 (54), 07/04/2019 06:17 (1)
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