VDB-88276 · BID 7402 · SBV-1347

Microsoft Windows shlwapi.dll denial of service

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A vulnerability has been found in Microsoft Windows (Operating System) (version now known) and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects some unknown processing in the library shlwapi.dll. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was released 01/01/2003 by Ramon Pinuaga Cascales with S21SEC. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 11583 (Microsoft Windows shlwapi.dll Malformed HTML Tag Handling Null Pointer DoS), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows and running in the context l.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (11583). Entry connected to this vulnerability is available at 88280.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
ATT&CK: T1499

Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 11583
Nessus Name: Microsoft Windows shlwapi.dll Malformed HTML Tag Handling Null Pointer DoS
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Recommended: Upgrade
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04/22/2003 +111 days 🔍
05/06/2003 +14 days 🔍
06/27/2003 +52 days 🔍
06/28/2016 +4750 days 🔍
08/25/2022 +2249 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com
Product: microsoft.com

Researcher: Ramon Pinuaga Cascales
Organization: S21SEC
Status: Not defined
Vulnerability Center: 1347 - shlwapi.dll in Windows is Vulnerable to Malicious Web Page or HTML E-Mail Attack, Medium
SecurityFocus: 7402 - Microsoft Shlwapi.dll Malformed HTML Form Tag Denial of Service Vulnerability

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Entryinfo

Created: 06/28/2016 17:23
Updated: 08/25/2022 07:00
Changes: 06/28/2016 17:23 (51), 02/12/2019 10:14 (4), 08/25/2022 07:00 (2)
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