Microsoft Outlook 2000 Shared Sections denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Microsoft Outlook 2000. The affected element is an unknown function of the component Shared Sections Handler. The manipulation leads to denial of service. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. It is recommended to apply restrictive firewalling.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Microsoft Outlook 2000 (Groupware Software). This issue affects an unknown functionality of the component Shared Sections Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is availability.

The weakness was disclosed 07/29/2005 by Sylvain Roger with Solucom (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at secunia.com. The attack may be initiated remotely. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1499 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at windowsupdate.microsoft.com.Addressing this vulnerability is possible by firewalling . The best possible mitigation is suggested to be applying a restrictive firewalling.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Secunia (SA16256†). The entries VDB-1668, VDB-1664, VDB-1665 and VDB-1669 are pretty similar. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Type

Groupware Software

Vendor

Microsoft

Name

Outlook

Version

2000

License

commercial

Website

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

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.2

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.2
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Exploitinginfo

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

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Firewall
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Patch: windowsupdate.microsoft.com

Timelineinfo

07/29/2005 🔍
08/02/2005 +4 days 🔍
07/04/2019 +5084 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: secunia.com⛔
Researcher: Sylvain Roger
Organization: Solucom
Status: Not defined

GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-1667
Secunia: 16256 - Microsoft Office Insecure Shared Section Permissions, Not Critical

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Entryinfo

Created: 08/02/2005 15:07
Updated: 07/04/2019 06:22
Changes: 08/02/2005 15:07 (47), 07/04/2019 06:22 (5)
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