Microsoft ActiveSync up to 3.8 Equipment ID Reader privilege escalation

CVSS Meta Temp Score CVSS is a standardized scoring system to determine possibilities of attacks. The Temp Score considers temporal factors like disclosure, exploit and countermeasures. The unique Meta Score calculates the average score of different sources to provide a normalized scoring system.	Current Exploit Price (≈) Our analysts are monitoring exploit markets and are in contact with vulnerability brokers. The range indicates the observed or calculated exploit price to be seen on exploit markets. A good indicator to understand the monetary effort required for and the popularity of an attack.	CTI Interest Score Our Cyber Threat Intelligence team is monitoring different web sites, mailing lists, exploit markets and social media networks. The CTI Interest Score identifies the interest of attackers and the security community for this specific vulnerability in real-time. A high score indicates an elevated risk to be targeted for this vulnerability.
5.7	$0-$5k	0.00

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in Microsoft ActiveSync up to 3.8. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Equipment ID Reader. Performing a manipulation results in an unknown weakness. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. Moreover, an exploit is present. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Microsoft ActiveSync up to 3.8. This affects an unknown code of the component Equipment ID Reader. The impact remains unknown.

The weakness was disclosed 08/02/2005 by Seth Fogie with Airscanner Mobile Security (Website). The advisory is shared at airscanner.com. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. Technical details are unknown but an exploit is available.

After immediately, there has been an exploit disclosed. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at microsoft.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at OSVDB (18461†) and Secunia (SA16283†). The entry VDB-1678 is pretty similar. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

Productinfo

Vendor

• Microsoft

Name

• ActiveSync

Version

• 3.0
• 3.1
• 3.2
• 3.3
• 3.4
• 3.5
• 3.6
• 3.7
• 3.8

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.microsoft.com/

CPE 2.3info

• 🔍
• 🔍
• 🔍

CPE 2.2info

• 🔍
• 🔍
• 🔍

CVSSv4info

VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.7

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.7
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv2info

AV	AC	Au	C	I	A
💳	💳	💳	💳	💳	💳
💳	💳	💳	💳	💳	💳
💳	💳	💳	💳	💳	💳

Vector	Complexity	Authentication	Confidentiality	Integrity	Availability
Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock
Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock
Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock

VulDB Base Score: 🔍
VulDB Temp Score: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

Exploitinginfo

Class: Privilege escalation
CWE: Unknown
CAPEC: 🔍
ATT&CK: 🔍

Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Proof-of-Concept
Price Prediction: 🔍
Current Price Estimation: 🔍

0-Day	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock
Today	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock

Threat Intelligenceinfo

Interest: 🔍
Active Actors: 🔍
Active APT Groups: 🔍

Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔍
Exploit Delay Time: 🔍

Patch: microsoft.com

Timelineinfo

08/02/2005 🔍
08/02/2005 +0 days 🔍
08/02/2005 +0 days 🔍
08/08/2005 +5 days 🔍
07/04/2019 +5078 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: airscanner.com
Researcher: Seth Fogie
Organization: Airscanner Mobile Security
Status: Not defined

GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-1677
Secunia: 16283 - Microsoft ActiveSync Denial of Service and Equipment ID Enumeration, Less Critical
OSVDB: 18461 - Microsoft ActiveSync Client/Server Partnership ID Spoofing

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
See also: 🔍

Entryinfo

Created: 08/08/2005 12:19
Updated: 07/04/2019 07:26
Changes: 08/08/2005 12:19 (53), 07/04/2019 07:26 (3)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103

If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

Discussion

Want to know what is going to be exploited?

We predict KEV entries!