Microsoft Windows 2000/Server 2003/XP SMB memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as very critical has been found in Microsoft Windows 2000/Server 2003/XP. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component SMB. This manipulation causes memory corruption. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2005-0045. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. Furthermore, there is an exploit available. Applying a patch is the recommended action to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as very critical was found in Microsoft Windows 2000/Server 2003/XP (Operating System). Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing of the component SMB. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The bug was discovered 02/08/2005. The weakness was shared 02/08/2005 by Dave Aitel with eEye Digital Security as MS05-011 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is shared at microsoft.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2005-0045 since 01/11/2005. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 07/05/2025).

After 5 months, there has been an exploit disclosed. It is possible to download the exploit at immunitysec.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1818 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 16326 (MS05-011: Vulnerability in SMB may allow remote code execution (885250)), 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 90230 (Microsoft Server Message Block Remote Code Execution (MS05-011)).

Applying the patch MS05-011 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at update.microsoft.com. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Attack attempts may be identified with Snort ID 3145. In this case the pattern |00| is used for detection. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 3577.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (19089), Exploit-DB (1065), Tenable (16326), SecurityFocus (BID 12484†) and OSVDB (13600†). The entries VDB-82, VDB-332, VDB-333 and VDB-427 are related to this item. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 16326
Nessus Name: MS05-011: Vulnerability in SMB may allow remote code execution (885250)
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Patch: MS05-011

Snort ID: 3145
Snort Message: NETBIOS SMB-DS Trans2 FIND_FIRST2 response overflow attempt
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Suricata ID: 2103144
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com
Product: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS05-011
Researcher: Dave Aitel
Organization: eEye Digital Security
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2005-0045 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-0045
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-1189

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X-Force: 19089 - Microsoft Windows SMB code execution, High Risk
SecurityFocus: 12484 - Microsoft Windows Server Message Block Handlers Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia: 11634 - Microsoft Windows SMB Buffer Overflow Vulnerability, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 13600 - Microsoft Windows SMB Transaction Data Overflow
SecurityTracker: 1013114
Vulnerability Center: 7018 - [MS05-011] Microsoft Windows Allows Executing Code via SMB Packets, High

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

Created: 02/10/2005 15:52
Updated: 07/05/2025 18:34
Changes: 02/10/2005 15:52 (118), 07/01/2019 10:31 (2), 03/10/2021 14:33 (2), 01/03/2025 17:33 (15), 07/05/2025 18:34 (2)
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