Microsoft Windows XP EMF File shimgvw.dll integer coercion

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A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Windows XP (Operating System). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block in the library shimgvw.dll of the component EMF File Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a integer coercion vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-192. Integer coercion refers to a set of flaws pertaining to the type casting, extension, or truncation of primitive data types. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Buffer overflow in the rendering for (1) Windows Metafile (WMF) or (2) Enhanced Metafile (EMF) image formats in Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP6a, 2000 SP2 through SP4, and XP SP1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed WMF or EMF image.

The bug was discovered 02/23/2004. The weakness was published 02/20/2004 by Jellytop as MS04-011 as confirmed posting (Bugtraq). The advisory is available at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2003-0906 since 11/04/2003. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details as well as a exploit are known.

After even before and not, there has been an exploit disclosed. The exploit is available at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 111 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 12205 (MS04-011: Microsoft Hotfix (credentialed check) (835732)), 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. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 90108 (Multiple Microsoft Windows Vulnerabilities (MS04-011)).

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at windowsupdate.microsoft.com. A possible mitigation has been published 2 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Attack attempts may be identified with Snort ID 2435.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (15818) and Tenable (12205). heise.de is providing further details. Similar entries are available at 599, 600, 603 and 601.

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Class: Integer coercion
CWE: CWE-192 / CWE-189
ATT&CK: Unknown

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Nessus ID: 12205
Nessus Name: MS04-011: Microsoft Hotfix (credentialed check) (835732)
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OpenVAS ID: 101011
OpenVAS Name: MS04-011 security check
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Patch: windowsupdate.microsoft.com

Snort ID: 2435
Snort Message: FILE-IDENTIFY Microsoft emf file download request
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Vendor: microsoft.com
Product: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS04-011⛔
Researcher: Jellytop
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2003-0906 (🔍)
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X-Force: 15818 - Microsoft Windows MS04-011 patch is not installed, High Risk
SecurityTracker: 1009756
SecurityFocus: 9707 - Microsoft Windows XP explorer.exe Multiple Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 11064 - Microsoft Windows 14 Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 5252 - Microsoft Windows Metafile Code Execution

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 02/24/2004 17:41
Updated: 06/27/2019 18:36
Changes: 02/24/2004 17:41 (104), 06/27/2019 18:36 (2)
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