Microsoft Windows 2000/XP SP1 RPC Message Queue memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Windows 2000/XP SP1. It has been classified as critical. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component RPC Message Queue. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2005-0059. 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.

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A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Windows 2000/XP SP1 (Operating System). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown code block of the component RPC Message Queue. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Buffer overflow in the Message Queuing component of Microsoft Windows 2000 and Windows XP SP1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted message.

The bug was discovered 04/12/2005. The weakness was shared 04/12/2005 by Kostya Kortchinsky with CERT Renater as MS05-017 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is shared at microsoft.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2005-0059 since 01/11/2005. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

After 2 months, there has been an exploit disclosed. The exploit is available at immunitysec.com. It is declared as highly functional. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1881 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 18027 (MS05-017: Vulnerability in MSMQ Could Allow Code Execution (892944) (uncredentialed check)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows and running in the context r. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 90240 (Microsoft Message Queuing Buffer Overflow (MS05-017)).

Applying the patch MS05-017 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at windowsupdate.microsoft.com. Attack attempts may be identified with Snort ID 9769. In this case the pattern |05 00 00| is used for detection. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 2944.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (19829), Exploit-DB (1075), Tenable (18027), SecurityFocus (BID 13112†) and OSVDB (15458†). 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: Highly functional
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Nessus ID: 18027
Nessus Name: MS05-017: Vulnerability in MSMQ Could Allow Code Execution (892944) (uncredentialed check)
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Saint ID: exploit_info/windows_message_queuing
Saint Name: Microsoft Message Queuing buffer overflow

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MetaSploit ID: ms05_017_msmq.rb
MetaSploit Name: MS05-017 Microsoft Message Queueing Service Path Overflow
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Patch: MS05-017

Snort ID: 9769
Snort Message: NETBIOS DCERPC NCACN-IP-TCP msqueue function 4 overflow attempt
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com
Product: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS05-017
Researcher: Kostya Kortchinsky
Organization: CERT Renater
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2005-0059 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-0059
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-1349

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X-Force: 19829 - Microsoft Windows Message Queuing component buffer overflow, High Risk
SecurityFocus: 13112 - Microsoft Windows Message Queuing Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia: 14921 - Microsoft Windows Message Queuing Buffer Overflow Vulnerability, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 15458 - Microsoft Windows Message Queuing Remote Overflow
SecurityTracker: 1013691
Vulnerability Center: 7592 - [MS05-017] Microsoft Windows Message Queuing Service Allows Code Execution via Unchecked Buffer, High

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

Created: 04/13/2005 12:02
Updated: 07/05/2025 17:39
Changes: 04/13/2005 12:02 (123), 07/02/2019 10:48 (1), 07/05/2025 17:39 (17)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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