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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Microsoft Windows Server 2003 (Operating System). This issue affects some unknown functionality of the file explorer.exe. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-399. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:
Microsoft Windows Explorer (explorer.exe) allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a certain PNG file with a large tEXt chunk that possibly triggers an integer overflow in PNG chunk size handling, as demonstrated by badlycrafted.png.
The weakness was shared 09/27/2007 by Xavier Roche as not defined posting (Bugtraq). It is possible to read the advisory at securityfocus.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2007-5133 since 09/27/2007. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known.
The exploit is available at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. We expect the 0-day to have been worth approximately $25k-$100k.
Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.
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CPE 2.3
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CVSSv4
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.5VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.7
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Exploiting
Class: Resource managementCWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
ATT&CK: Unknown
Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Timeline
09/26/2007 🔍09/27/2007 🔍
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03/16/2015 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: microsoft.comProduct: microsoft.com
Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: Xavier Roche
Status: Not defined
CVE: CVE-2007-5133 (🔍)
SecurityFocus: 25816 - Microsoft Windows Explorer PNG Image Local Denial Of Service Vulnerability
OSVDB: 45521 - Microsoft Windows Explorer (explorer.exe) Malformed PNG Handling Remote DoS
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
Entry
Created: 03/16/2015 12:18Updated: 09/18/2018 08:23
Changes: 03/16/2015 12:18 (52), 09/18/2018 08:23 (8)
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