Microsoft DirectX up to 9.0c memory corruption

CVSS Meta Temp Score
CVSS is a standardized scoring system to determine possibilities of attacks. The Temp Score considers temporal factors like disclosure, exploit and countermeasures. The unique Meta Score calculates the average score of different sources to provide a normalized scoring system.
Current Exploit Price (≈)
Our analysts are monitoring exploit markets and are in contact with vulnerability brokers. The range indicates the observed or calculated exploit price to be seen on exploit markets. A good indicator to understand the monetary effort required for and the popularity of an attack.
CTI Interest Score
Our Cyber Threat Intelligence team is monitoring different web sites, mailing lists, exploit markets and social media networks. The CTI Interest Score identifies the interest of attackers and the security community for this specific vulnerability in real-time. A high score indicates an elevated risk to be targeted for this vulnerability.
7.0$0-$5k0.00

A vulnerability has been found in Microsoft DirectX up to 9.0c and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

QUARTZ.DLL in Microsoft Windows Media Player 9 allows remote attackers to write a null byte to arbitrary memory via an AVI file with a crafted strn element with a modified length value.

The bug was discovered 10/11/2005. The weakness was published 10/11/2005 by Fang Xing (DiGiT) with eEye Digital Security as MS05-050 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). It is possible to read the advisory at microsoft.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2005-2128 since 07/02/2005. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 20003 (MS05-050: Vulnerability in DirectShow Could Allow Remote Code Execution (904706)), 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 MS05-050 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. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 3833.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (22492) and Tenable (20003). Similar entries are available at 1623, 1702, 1789 and 1793.

Productinfo

Vendor

Name

Version

License

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

VulDB CVSS-B Score: 🔍
VulDB CVSS-BT Score: 🔍
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.0

VulDB Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Temp Score: 7.0
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv2info

AVACAuCIA
💳💳💳💳💳💳
💳💳💳💳💳💳
💳💳💳💳💳💳
VectorComplexityAuthenticationConfidentialityIntegrityAvailability
unlockunlockunlockunlockunlockunlock
unlockunlockunlockunlockunlockunlock
unlockunlockunlockunlockunlockunlock

VulDB Base Score: 🔍
VulDB Temp Score: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 🔍

Exploitinginfo

Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
CAPEC: 🔍
ATT&CK: 🔍

Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

EPSS Score: 🔍
EPSS Percentile: 🔍

Price Prediction: 🔍
Current Price Estimation: 🔍

0-Dayunlockunlockunlockunlock
Todayunlockunlockunlockunlock

Nessus ID: 20003
Nessus Name: MS05-050: Vulnerability in DirectShow Could Allow Remote Code Execution (904706)
Nessus File: 🔍
Nessus Risk: 🔍
Nessus Family: 🔍
Nessus Context: 🔍

Threat Intelligenceinfo

Interest: 🔍
Active Actors: 🔍
Active APT Groups: 🔍

Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Patch
Status: 🔍

Reaction Time: 🔍
0-Day Time: 🔍
Exposure Time: 🔍

Patch: MS05-050
TippingPoint: 🔍

McAfee IPS: 🔍
McAfee IPS Version: 🔍

ISS Proventia IPS: 🔍
PaloAlto IPS: 🔍
Fortigate IPS: 🔍

Timelineinfo

07/02/2005 🔍
08/18/2005 +47 days 🔍
10/11/2005 +53 days 🔍
10/11/2005 +0 days 🔍
10/11/2005 +0 days 🔍
10/11/2005 +0 days 🔍
10/11/2005 +0 days 🔍
10/11/2005 +0 days 🔍
10/11/2005 +0 days 🔍
10/12/2005 +1 days 🔍
10/12/2005 +0 days 🔍
10/12/2005 +0 days 🔍
07/04/2019 +5013 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS05-050
Researcher: Fang Xing (DiGiT)
Organization: eEye Digital Security
Status: Confirmed
Confirmation: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2005-2128 (🔍)
OVAL: 🔍

X-Force: 22492
SecurityTracker: 1015034
Vulnerability Center: 9391 - [MS05-050] Microsoft DirectX DirectShow Remote Code Execution via Buffer Overflow, High
SecurityFocus: 15063 - Microsoft DirectX DirectShow AVI Processing Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia: 17160 - Microsoft Windows DirectShow AVI Handling Vulnerability, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 18822 - Microsoft DirectX DirectShow QUARTZ.DLL AVI Processing Overflow

See also: 🔍

Entryinfo

Created: 10/12/2005 14:18
Updated: 07/04/2019 17:03
Changes: 10/12/2005 14:18 (100), 07/04/2019 17:03 (1)
Complete: 🔍

Discussion

No comments yet. Languages: en.

Please log in to comment.

◂ PreviousOverviewNext ▸

Do you need the next level of professionalism?

Upgrade your account now!