Microsoft Windows 2000/Server 2003/XP Objekt Manager memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Microsoft Windows 2000/Server 2003/XP. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Objekt Manager. This manipulation causes memory corruption. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2005-0550. The attack is only possible within the local network. No exploit exists. Applying a patch is the recommended action to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Windows 2000/Server 2003/XP (Operating System). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing of the component Objekt Manager. 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 summary by CVE is:

Buffer overflow in Microsoft Windows 2000, Windows XP SP1 and SP2, and Windows Server 2003 allows local users to cause a denial of service (i.e., system crash) via a malformed request, aka "Object Management Vulnerability".

The bug was discovered 04/12/2005. The weakness was disclosed 04/12/2005 with Microsoft as MS05-018 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is shared at microsoft.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2005-0550 since 02/26/2005. Access to the local network is required for this attack to succeed. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

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 18022 (MS05-018: Vulnerabilities in Windows Kernel (890859)), 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 90243 (Windows Multiple Denial of Service and Privilege Elevation Vulnerabilities (MS05-018)).

Applying the patch MS05-018 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at windowsupdate.microsoft.com. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (19834), Tenable (18022), SecurityFocus (BID 13110†), OSVDB (15461†) and Secunia (SA14927†). The entries VDB-1356, VDB-1355 and VDB-1358 are pretty similar. 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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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
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Nessus ID: 18022
Nessus Name: MS05-018: Vulnerabilities in Windows Kernel (890859)
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Patch: MS05-018

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com
Product: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS05-018
Researcher: http://www.microsoft.com
Organization: Microsoft
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2005-0550 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-0550
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-1357

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X-Force: 19834
SecurityFocus: 13110 - Microsoft Windows Kernel Object Management Denial Of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 14927 - Microsoft Windows Kernel Multiple Vulnerabilities, Less Critical
OSVDB: 15461 - Microsoft Windows object buffer overflow
Vulnerability Center: 7595 - [MS05-018] DoS in Microsoft Windows Kernel via Object Management, Medium

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

Created: 04/13/2005 12:56
Updated: 07/05/2025 17:39
Changes: 04/13/2005 12:56 (89), 07/02/2019 11:27 (6), 03/10/2021 19:29 (2), 07/05/2025 17:39 (22)
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Cache ID: 216:457:103

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