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A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Windows 2000/Server 2003/XP (Operating System). It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown code block of the component COM+. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
COM+ in Microsoft Windows does not properly "create and use memory structures," which allows local users or remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.
The bug was discovered 10/11/2005. The weakness was disclosed 10/11/2005 by Cesar Cerrudo with Argeniss as MS05-051 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is shared at microsoft.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2005-1978 since 06/17/2005. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.
After 2 months, there has been an exploit disclosed. The exploit is shared for download at securiteam.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 2010 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 20008 (MS05-051: Vulnerabilities in MSDTC Could Allow Remote Code Execution (902400) (uncredentialed check)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows and running in the context r. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 90274 (Microsoft MSDTC and COM+ Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (MS05-051)).
Applying the patch MS05-051 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. Attack attempts may be identified with Snort ID 4245.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (22514), Tenable (20008) and Exploit-DB (1341). Further details are available at smh.com.au. The entries 1623, 1702, 1789 and 1793 are pretty similar.
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Class: Memory corruptionCWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 20008
Nessus Name: MS05-051: Vulnerabilities in MSDTC Could Allow Remote Code Execution (902400) (uncredentialed check)
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Patch: MS05-051
Snort ID: 4245
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Vendor: microsoft.comProduct: microsoft.com
Advisory: MS05-051
Researcher: Cesar Cerrudo
Organization: Argeniss
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2005-1978 (🔍)
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X-Force: 22514
SecurityTracker: 1015037
Vulnerability Center: 9395 - [MS05-051] COM+ Local Privileges Escalation via Insecure Memory Structures, Medium
SecurityFocus: 15057 - Microsoft MSDTC COM+ Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Secunia: 17161 - Microsoft Windows MSDTC and COM+ Vulnerabilities, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 18828 - Microsoft Windows Distributed Transaction Coordinator (DTC) Memory Modification Remote Code Execution
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 10/12/2005 14:31Updated: 07/04/2019 17:10
Changes: 10/12/2005 14:31 (107), 07/04/2019 17:10 (1)
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