Microsoft Windows Server 2003/XP WMF File input validation

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A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Windows Server 2003/XP (Operating System). It has been rated as very critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component WMF File Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

The Windows Graphical Device Interface library (GDI32.DLL) in Microsoft Windows allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a Windows Metafile (WMF) format image with a crafted SETABORTPROC GDI Escape function call, related to the Windows Picture and Fax Viewer (SHIMGVW.DLL), a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-2123 and CVE-2005-2124, and as originally discovered in the wild on unionseek.com.

The weakness was shared 12/28/2005 by Dan Hubbard with Websense Security Labs as MS06-001 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is available at microsoft.com. The vendor was not involved in the coordination of the public release. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2005-4560 since 12/28/2005. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 03/12/2021).

A public exploit has been developed by H D Moore and been published even before and not after the advisory. The exploit is available at immunitysec.com. It is declared as highly functional. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 20382 (MS06-001: Vulnerabilities in Graphics Rendering Engine Could Allow Code Execution (912919)), 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 MS06-001 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at microsoft.com. A possible mitigation has been published 2 weeks after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Attack attempts may be identified with Snort ID 5318. In this case the pattern & is used for detection.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (23846), Tenable (20382) and Exploit-DB (1391). vuldb.com is providing further details. The entries 82, 332, 333 and 427 are related to this item.

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Class: Input validation
CWE: CWE-20
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Access: Public
Status: Highly functional
Author: H D Moore
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Nessus ID: 20382
Nessus Name: MS06-001: Vulnerabilities in Graphics Rendering Engine Could Allow Code Execution (912919)
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Saint ID: exploit_info/windows_wmf
Saint Name: Windows WMF handling vulnerability

MetaSploit ID: ms06_001_wmf_setabortproc.rb
MetaSploit Name: Windows XP/2003/Vista Metafile Escape() SetAbortProc Code Execution
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Patch: MS06-001

Snort ID: 5318
Snort Message: WEB-CLIENT wmf file arbitrary code execution attempt
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Vendor: microsoft.com
Product: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS06-001
Researcher: Dan Hubbard
Organization: Websense Security Labs
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2005-4560 (🔍)
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X-Force: 23846 - Microsoft Windows GDI32.DLL WMF image rendering code execution, High Risk
SecurityTracker: 1015416 - Microsoft Windows Unspecified WMF Rendering Bug Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
SecurityFocus: 16074 - Microsoft Windows Graphics Rendering Engine WMF SetAbortProc Code Execution Vulnerability
Secunia: 18415 - Nortel Products Microsoft Windows WMF "SETABORTPROC" Code Execution, Extremely Critical
OSVDB: 21987 - Microsoft Windows Shimgvw.dll SETABORTPROC Function Crafted WMF Arbitrary Code Execution
Vupen: ADV-2005-3086

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 12/28/2005 11:37
Updated: 03/12/2021 09:35
Changes: 12/28/2005 11:37 (106), 10/08/2018 15:44 (7), 03/12/2021 09:35 (3)
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