Microsoft Windows up to Vista Graphics input validation

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A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Windows up to Vista (Operating System). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Graphics. 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.

The weakness was disclosed 11/10/2015 by Mateusz Jurczyk with Google Project Zero as MS15-115 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared for download at technet.microsoft.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2015-6104 since 08/14/2015. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

A public exploit has been developed by Google Security Research and been published 6 days after the advisory. The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. As 0-day the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 86822 (MS15-115: Security Update for Microsoft Windows to Address Remote Code Execution (3105864)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows : Microsoft Bulletins. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 91112 (Microsoft Windows Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (MS15-115)).

Applying the patch MS15-115 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at technet.microsoft.com. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 21641.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Exploit-DB (38713), Tenable (86822), SecurityFocus (BID 77465†), SecurityTracker (ID 1034114†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-54316†). The entries VDB-79168, VDB-79169, VDB-79170 and VDB-79171 are pretty similar.

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Class: Input validation
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Nessus ID: 86822
Nessus Name: MS15-115: Security Update for Microsoft Windows to Address Remote Code Execution (3105864)
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Vendor: microsoft.com
Product: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS15-115
Researcher: Mateusz Jurczyk
Organization: Google Project Zero
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2015-6104 (🔍)
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SecurityFocus: 77465 - Microsoft Windows Graphics Memory CVE-2015-6104 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1034114 - Microsoft Windows Kernel Bugs Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code and Local Users Bypass ASLR Restricitions and Gain Elevated Privileges
Vulnerability Center: 54316 - [MS15-115] Microsoft Windows Graphics Remote Code Execution in Adobe Type Manager Library- CVE-2015-6104, Critical

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161215
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Created: 11/11/2015 04:36 PM
Updated: 06/27/2022 09:38 AM
Changes: 11/11/2015 04:36 PM (70), 05/03/2019 06:55 AM (19), 06/27/2022 09:33 AM (3), 06/27/2022 09:38 AM (1)
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