VDB-11577 · OSVDB 101304 · GCVE-100-11577

Microsoft Chess Titan 6.1.7600.16385 Chess.exe denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Microsoft Chess Titan 6.1.7600.16385. Impacted is an unknown function of the file Chess.exe. Performing a manipulation with the input aaa[…] results in denial of service. Moreover, an exploit is present.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Microsoft Chess Titan 6.1.7600.16385. This affects some unknown processing of the file Chess.exe. The manipulation with the input value aaa[…] leads to a denial of service vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. This is going to have an impact on availability.

The bug was discovered 03/25/2012. The weakness was disclosed 03/25/2012 by Dan Fosco as Microsoft Games Chess.exe DOS PoC as not defined exploit (Website). The advisory is shared at dfcode.org. The public release happened without involvement of Microsoft. An attack has to be approached locally. Required for exploitation is a authentication. Technical details and a public exploit are known.

A public exploit has been developed by Dan Fosco in C and been published immediately after the advisory. The exploit is shared for download at dfcode.org. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The code used by the exploit is:

system("Chess.exe " + (A * 512));

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at OSVDB (101304†). Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Vendor

Microsoft

Name

Chess Titan

Version

6.1.7600.16385

License

commercial

Website

Vendor: https://www.microsoft.com/

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.2

VulDB Base Score: 5.5
VulDB Temp Score: 5.2
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
Author: Dan Fosco
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

03/25/2012 🔍
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03/28/2019 +1921 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: Microsoft Games Chess.exe DOS PoC
Researcher: Dan Fosco
Status: Not defined

GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-11577
OSVDB: 101304

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 12/23/2013 19:48
Updated: 03/28/2019 15:18
Changes: 12/23/2013 19:48 (50), 03/28/2019 15:18 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.