CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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5.1 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Microsoft Windows 98/98SE/ME/XP (Operating System). Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the component UPnP. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory allocation vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-789. The product allocates memory based on an untrusted, large size value, but it does not ensure that the size is within expected limits, allowing arbitrary amounts of memory to be allocated. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:
Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) in Windows 98, 98SE, ME, and XP allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption or crash) via a malformed UPnP request.
The issue has been introduced in 06/25/1998. The weakness was published 12/06/2001 as MS01-054 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is shared for download at microsoft.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2001-0721. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.
The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1260 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k.
Applying the patch MS01-054 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 (7428).
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.1
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Exploiting
Class: Memory allocationCWE: CWE-789 / CWE-400 / CWE-404
ATT&CK: Unknown
Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Patch: MS01-054
Timeline
06/25/1998 🔍11/01/2001 🔍
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07/10/2014 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: microsoft.comProduct: microsoft.com
Advisory: MS01-054
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2001-0721 (🔍)
X-Force: 7428
Vulnerability Center: 3118 - [MS01-054] DoS in UPnP in Windows 98,98SE, ME and XP via a Malformed Request, High
SecurityFocus: 3499
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20140213
Entry
Created: 07/10/2014 17:00Updated: 05/17/2019 18:28
Changes: 07/10/2014 17:00 (44), 05/17/2019 18:28 (17)
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