Microsoft Windows up to Server 2016 COM Aggregate Marshaler access control

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A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Microsoft Windows. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component COM Aggregate Marshaler. Such manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2017-0213. An attack has to be approached locally. Furthermore, there is an exploit available. Applying a patch is advised to resolve this issue.

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A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Windows (Operating System). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown function of the component COM Aggregate Marshaler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-264. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The bug was discovered 05/09/2017. The weakness was shared 05/09/2017 by James Forshaw with Google Project Zero as KB4019215 as confirmed security update guide (Website). The advisory is shared for download at portal.msrc.microsoft.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2017-0213 since 09/09/2016. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack needs to be approached locally. The successful exploitation requires a simple authentication. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068. The advisory points out:

An elevation of privilege exists in Windows COM Aggregate Marshaler. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could run arbitrary code with elevated privileges.

A public exploit has been developed by Google Security Research in C++ and been published 2 weeks after the advisory. The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as attacked. As 0-day the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 100054 (Windows Server 2012 May 2017 Security Updates), 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 91369 (Microsoft Windows Security Update May 2017). This issue was added on 03/28/2022 to the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog with a due date of 04/18/2022:

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Applying the patch KB4019215 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at catalog.update.microsoft.com. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Exploit-DB (42020), Tenable (100054) and SecurityFocus (BID 98102†). The entries VDB-100989, VDB-100999, VDB-101004 and VDB-101007 are related to this item. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
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Access: Public
Status: Attacked
Author: Google Security Research
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Nessus ID: 100054
Nessus Name: Windows Server 2012 May 2017 Security Updates
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OpenVAS ID: 803007
OpenVAS Name: Microsoft COM Multiple Vulnerabilities (KB4018556)
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Patch: KB4019215

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Vendor: microsoft.com
Product: microsoft.com

Advisory: KB4019215
Researcher: James Forshaw
Organization: Google Project Zero
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2017-0213 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-0213
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-101024

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SecurityFocus: 98102 - Microsoft Windows COM CVE-2017-0213 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1038457

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161215
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Entryinfo

Created: 05/10/2017 12:37
Updated: 09/09/2024 22:30
Changes: 05/10/2017 12:37 (104), 10/20/2019 17:08 (3), 12/22/2020 20:01 (3), 04/25/2024 06:49 (28), 07/09/2024 22:34 (8), 09/09/2024 22:30 (1)
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