Microsoft Windows 2000 EMF File GetEnhMetaFilePaletteEntries resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Microsoft Windows 2000 and classified as problematic. This issue affects the function GetEnhMetaFilePaletteEntries of the component EMF File Handler. This manipulation causes resource management. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2005-0803. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is recommended that the affected component be replaced with an alternative.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Microsoft Windows 2000 (Operating System) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is the function GetEnhMetaFilePaletteEntries of the component EMF File Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-399. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

The GetEnhMetaFilePaletteEntries API in GDI32.DLL in Windows 2000 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted Enhanced Metafile (EMF) file that causes invalid (1) end, (2) emreof, or (3) palent offsets to be used, aka "Enhanced Metafile Vulnerability."

The issue has been introduced in 02/17/2000. The weakness was released 03/18/2005 by Hongzhen Zhou (Felix) as confirmed posting (Bugtraq). It is possible to read the advisory at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2005-0803 since 03/20/2005. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1856 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 20172 (MS05-053: Vulnerabilities in Graphics Rendering Engine Could Allow Code Execution (896424)), 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 90284 (Graphics Rendering Engine Multiple Code Execution Vulnerabilities (MS05-053)).

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at windowsupdate.microsoft.com. The problem might be mitigated by replacing the product with as an alternative. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be establishing an alternative product. A possible mitigation has been published 9 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 3903.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (19727), Tenable (20172), SecurityFocus (BID 12834†), OSVDB (14862†) and Secunia (SA17461†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-1876, VDB-27160 and VDB-83151. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Access: Public
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Nessus ID: 20172
Nessus Name: MS05-053: Vulnerabilities in Graphics Rendering Engine Could Allow Code Execution (896424)
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Recommended: Alternative
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Patch: windowsupdate.microsoft.com
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02/17/2000 🔍
03/17/2005 +1855 days 🔍
03/18/2005 +1 days 🔍
03/18/2005 +0 days 🔍
03/20/2005 +1 days 🔍
03/21/2005 +1 days 🔍
05/02/2005 +42 days 🔍
11/08/2005 +190 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com
Product: microsoft.com

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: Hongzhen Zhou (Felix)
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2005-0803 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-0803
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-1291

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X-Force: 19727 - Microsoft Windows 2000 GDI32.DLL denial of service, Medium Risk
SecurityFocus: 12834 - Microsoft Windows Graphical Device Interface Library Denial Of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 17461 - Avaya Products Microsoft Windows WMF/EMF Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 14862 - Microsoft Windows GDI32.DLL GetEnhMetaFilePaletteEntries() API EMF File DoS
SecurityTracker: 1015168
Vulnerability Center: 9586 - [MS05-053] Microsoft Windows DoS via EMF File with Invalid Offsets, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2005-2348

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

Created: 03/21/2005 16:06
Updated: 01/03/2025 19:14
Changes: 03/21/2005 16:06 (108), 07/01/2019 20:09 (2), 03/10/2021 17:35 (3), 01/03/2025 19:14 (21)
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Cache ID: 216:FAC:103

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