Microsoft Windows Path Canonicalisation EclipsedWing code injection
CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
---|---|---|
6.8 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Windows (Operating System) (the affected version unknown). It has been rated as very critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown part of the component Path Canonicalisation. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a code injection vulnerability (EclipsedWing). Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-94. The product constructs all or part of a code segment using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the syntax or behavior of the intended code segment. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:
The Server service in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2 and SP3, Server 2003 SP1 and SP2, Vista Gold and SP1, Server 2008, and 7 Pre-Beta allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted RPC request that triggers the overflow during path canonicalization, as exploited in the wild by Gimmiv.A in October 2008, aka "Server Service Vulnerability."
The weakness was published 10/23/2008 by Debasis Mohanty with Microsoft as MS08-067 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is shared for download at microsoft.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2008-4250 since 09/25/2008. 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 current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 03/16/2021). The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1059.
A public exploit has been developed by Debasis Mohanty and been published immediately after the advisory. The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as highly functional. As 0-day the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 34476 (MS08-067: Microsoft Windows Server Service Crafted RPC Request Handling Unspecified Remote Code Execution (958644)), 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. Applying the patch MS08-067 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at microsoft.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Attack attempts may be identified with Snort ID 14896. In this case the pattern |11|
is used for detection. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 3014.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (46040), Tenable (34476) and Exploit-DB (7132). technet.microsoft.com is providing further details.
Product
Type
Vendor
Name
License
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
Video
CVSSv4
VulDB CVSS-B Score: 🔍VulDB CVSS-BT Score: 🔍
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍
CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.3VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.8
VulDB Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.8
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍
CVSSv2
AV | AC | Au | C | I | A |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
💳 | 💳 | 💳 | 💳 | 💳 | 💳 |
💳 | 💳 | 💳 | 💳 | 💳 | 💳 |
💳 | 💳 | 💳 | 💳 | 💳 | 💳 |
Vector | Complexity | Authentication | Confidentiality | Integrity | Availability |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
unlock | unlock | unlock | unlock | unlock | unlock |
unlock | unlock | unlock | unlock | unlock | unlock |
unlock | unlock | unlock | unlock | unlock | unlock |
VulDB Base Score: 🔍
VulDB Temp Score: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍
NVD Base Score: 🔍
Exploiting
Name: EclipsedWingClass: Code injection / EclipsedWing
CWE: CWE-94 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
CAPEC: 🔍
ATT&CK: 🔍
Local: No
Remote: Yes
Availability: 🔍
Access: Public
Status: Highly functional
Author: Debasis Mohanty
Download: 🔍
EPSS Score: 🔍
EPSS Percentile: 🔍
Price Prediction: 🔍
Current Price Estimation: 🔍
0-Day | unlock | unlock | unlock | unlock |
---|---|---|---|---|
Today | unlock | unlock | unlock | unlock |
Nessus ID: 34476
Nessus Name: MS08-067: Microsoft Windows Server Service Crafted RPC Request Handling Unspecified Remote Code Execution (958644)
Nessus File: 🔍
Nessus Risk: 🔍
Nessus Family: 🔍
Nessus Context: 🔍
OpenVAS ID: 900091
OpenVAS Name: kb_smb_name(
OpenVAS File: 🔍
OpenVAS Family: 🔍
Saint ID: exploit_info/windows_server_service_ms08067
Saint Name: Windows Server Service buffer overflow MS08-067
MetaSploit ID: ms08_067_netapi.rb
MetaSploit Name: MS08-067 Microsoft Server Service Relative Path Stack Corruption
MetaSploit File: 🔍
Exploit-DB: 🔍
Threat Intelligence
Interest: 🔍Active Actors: 🔍
Active APT Groups: 🔍
Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
Reaction Time: 🔍
0-Day Time: 🔍
Exposure Time: 🔍
Exploit Delay Time: 🔍
Patch: MS08-067
Snort ID: 14896
Snort Message: NETBIOS-DG SMB v4 srvsvc NetrpPathCononicalize unicode path cononicalization stack overflow attempt
Snort Pattern: 🔍
Suricata ID: 2008690
Suricata Class: 🔍
Suricata Message: 🔍
TippingPoint: 🔍
McAfee IPS: 🔍
McAfee IPS Version: 🔍
ISS Proventia IPS: 🔍
PaloAlto IPS: 🔍
Fortigate IPS: 🔍
Timeline
09/25/2008 🔍10/22/2008 🔍
10/23/2008 🔍
10/23/2008 🔍
10/23/2008 🔍
10/23/2008 🔍
10/23/2008 🔍
10/23/2008 🔍
10/23/2008 🔍
10/23/2008 🔍
10/26/2008 🔍
10/29/2008 🔍
11/16/2008 🔍
03/16/2021 🔍
Sources
Vendor: microsoft.comProduct: microsoft.com
Advisory: MS08-067
Researcher: Debasis Mohanty
Organization: Microsoft
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2008-4250 (🔍)
OVAL: 🔍
IAVM: 🔍
X-Force: 46040 - Microsoft Windows Server Service RPC code execution, High Risk
SecurityTracker: 1021091 - Windows Server Service RPC Processing Bug Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
Vulnerability Center: 19848 - [MS08-067] Microsoft Windows Server Service Remote Code Execution via Crafted RPC Request, Critical
SecurityFocus: 31874 - Microsoft Windows Server Service RPC Handling Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Secunia: 32326 - Microsoft Windows Path Canonicalisation Vulnerability, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 49243 - Microsoft Windows Server Service Crafted RPC Request Handling Unspecified Remote Code Execution
Vupen: ADV-2008-2902
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
Misc.: 🔍
Entry
Created: 10/29/2008 11:35Updated: 03/16/2021 19:59
Changes: 10/29/2008 11:35 (110), 04/15/2017 19:31 (19), 03/16/2021 19:59 (3)
Complete: 🔍
No comments yet. Languages: en.
Please log in to comment.