Microsoft Windows Vista SP2 up to Server 2016 Uniscribe LoadUvsTable data processing
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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Microsoft Windows (Operating System). This affects the function LoadUvsTable
of the component Uniscribe. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a data processing vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-19. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
The weakness was disclosed 12/13/2016 by Hossein Lotfi with Secunia Research as MS16-147 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is shared at technet.microsoft.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2016-7274 since 09/09/2016. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details and a public exploit are known.
A public exploit has been developed by Hossein Lotfi and been published 4 months after the advisory. The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. We expect the 0-day to have been worth approximately $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 95766 (MS16-147: Security Update for Microsoft Uniscribe (3204063)), 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 MS16-147/MS17-013 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at technet.microsoft.com. A possible mitigation has been published 4 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (95766) and Exploit-DB (41615). Further details are available at blogs.flexerasoftware.com. The entries 94434, 94435 and 94436 are pretty similar.
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CPE 2.3
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.5VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.2
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Exploiting
Class: Data processingCWE: CWE-19
ATT&CK: Unknown
Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
Author: Hossein Lotfi
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Nessus ID: 95766
Nessus Name: MS16-147: Security Update for Microsoft Uniscribe (3204063)
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OpenVAS ID: 831031
OpenVAS Name: Microsoft Uniscribe Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (3204063)
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Patch: MS16-147/MS17-013
Timeline
09/09/2016 🔍12/13/2016 🔍
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12/14/2016 🔍
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03/15/2017 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: microsoft.comProduct: microsoft.com
Advisory: MS16-147
Researcher: Hossein Lotfi
Organization: Secunia Research
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2016-7274 (🔍)
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SecurityTracker: 1037440
SecurityFocus: 94758 - Microsoft Windows Uniscribe CVE-2016-7274 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161215
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Entry
Created: 12/14/2016 14:10Updated: 10/08/2022 10:37
Changes: 12/14/2016 14:10 (76), 04/07/2017 13:16 (15), 10/08/2022 10:31 (5), 10/08/2022 10:37 (1)
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