Microsoft Windows 7/Server 2008/Server 2008 R2/Vista NDIS memory corruption
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A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Windows 7/Server 2008/Server 2008 R2/Vista (Operating System) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality of the component NDIS. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
The weakness was presented 11/10/2015 by Nils with Google Project Zero as MS15-117 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is available at technet.microsoft.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2015-6098 since 08/14/2015. Local access is required to approach this attack. The successful exploitation needs a simple authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 86824 (MS15-117: Security Update for NDIS to Address Elevation of Privilege (3101722)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows : Microsoft Bulletins.
Applying the patch MS15-117 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.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (86824). See 79182 and 79174 for similar entries.
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Class: Memory corruptionCWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 86824
Nessus Name: MS15-117: Security Update for NDIS to Address Elevation of Privilege (3101722)
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Patch: MS15-117
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Sources
Vendor: microsoft.comProduct: microsoft.com
Advisory: MS15-117
Researcher: Nils
Organization: Google Project Zero
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2015-6098 (🔍)
SecurityTracker: 1034115
Vulnerability Center: 54309 - [MS15-117] Microsoft Windows NDIS Local Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability, High
SecurityFocus: 77473 - Microsoft Windows NDIS CVE-2015-6098 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20140213
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Entry
Created: 11/11/2015 16:59Updated: 06/27/2022 09:53
Changes: 11/11/2015 16:59 (59), 04/07/2017 16:05 (11), 06/27/2022 09:50 (5), 06/27/2022 09:53 (1)
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