Microsoft Windows 7 SP1/Server 2008 R2 SP1/Server 2012 EOT Font Engine information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Microsoft Windows 7 SP1/Server 2008 R2 SP1/Server 2012. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component EOT Font Engine. This manipulation causes information disclosure. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2018-0760. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. Applying a patch is the recommended action to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Windows 7 SP1/Server 2008 R2 SP1/Server 2012 (Operating System). It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing of the component EOT Font Engine. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality.

The bug was discovered 02/13/2018. The weakness was published 02/13/2018 by Hossein Lotfi (kdot) with Zero Day Initiative as confirmed security update guide (Website). The advisory is shared at portal.msrc.microsoft.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2018-0760 since 12/01/2017. The attack can be launched remotely. Required for exploitation is a single authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1592 for this issue. The advisory points out:

An information disclosure vulnerability exists in the way that the Microsoft Windows Embedded OpenType (EOT) font engine parses specially crafted embedded fonts. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could potentially read data that was not intended to be disclosed. Note that while this vulnerability would not allow an attacker to either execute code or to elevate user rights directly, it could be used to obtain information in an attempt to further compromise the affected system.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 106802 (KB4074587: Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 February 2018 Security Update), 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 91432 (Microsoft Windows Security Update February 2018).

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (106802) and SecurityFocus (BID 102953†). Similar entries are available at VDB-113229, VDB-113238, VDB-113240 and VDB-113243. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Nessus ID: 106802
Nessus Name: KB4074587: Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 February 2018 Security Update
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OpenVAS ID: 703266
OpenVAS Name: Microsoft Windows Multiple Vulnerabilities (KB4074598)
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com
Product: microsoft.com

Advisory: portal.msrc.microsoft.com
Researcher: Hossein Lotfi (kdot)
Organization: Zero Day Initiative
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2018-0760 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-0760
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-113245

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SecurityFocus: 102953 - Microsoft Windows CVE-2018-0760 Information Disclosure Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1040374

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20140213
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Entryinfo

Created: 02/14/2018 09:17
Updated: 02/03/2021 14:01
Changes: 02/14/2018 09:17 (86), 03/16/2020 16:03 (8), 02/03/2021 14:01 (3)
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