Microsoft Windows 2000/XP SMTP Service BDAT Request denial of service
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A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Windows 2000/XP (Operating System) and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block of the component SMTP Service. The manipulation as part of a BDAT Request leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:
SMTP service in Microsoft Windows 2000, Windows XP Professional, and Exchange 2000 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a command with a malformed data transfer (BDAT) request.
The weakness was published 03/08/2002 by H D Moore as not defined posting (Bugtraq). The advisory is shared for download at marc.theaimsgroup.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2002-0055. 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 MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1499.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 20885 (MS02-012: Malformed Data Transfer Request can Cause Windows SMTP Service to Fail (313450)), 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.
Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 3754.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (8307) and Tenable (20885). Similar entries are available at 17959 and 17958.
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Class: Denial of serviceCWE: CWE-404
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Nessus ID: 20885
Nessus Name: MS02-012: Malformed Data Transfer Request can Cause Windows SMTP Service to Fail (313450)
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Timeline
02/27/2002 🔍02/27/2002 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: microsoft.comProduct: microsoft.com
Advisory: marc.theaimsgroup.com
Researcher: H D Moore
Status: Not defined
CVE: CVE-2002-0055 (🔍)
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X-Force: 8307
Vulnerability Center: 370 - [MS02-012] Microsoft SMTP Service Malformed Command Denial of Service, High
SecurityFocus: 4204 - Microsoft SMTP Service Malformed Command Denial of Service Vulnerability
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Entry
Created: 07/11/2014 13:40Updated: 05/06/2019 15:39
Changes: 07/11/2014 13:40 (66), 05/06/2019 15:39 (10)
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