Microsoft Windows 98/98SE/ME/XP UPnP denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in Microsoft Windows 98/98SE/ME/XP. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component UPnP. This manipulation causes denial of service. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2001-0877. There is not any exploit available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Microsoft Windows 98/98SE/ME/XP (Operating System) and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality of the component UPnP. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) on Windows 98, 98SE, ME, and XP allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via (1) a spoofed SSDP advertisement that causes the client to connect to a service on another machine that generates a large amount of traffic (e.g., chargen), or (2) via a spoofed SSDP announcement to broadcast or multicast addresses, which could cause all UPnP clients to send traffic to a single target system.

The issue has been introduced in 06/25/1998. The weakness was released 12/20/2001 by Riley Hassell (DiGiT) with eEye Digital Security as confirmed advisory (CERT.org). The advisory is shared at cert.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2001-0877. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. 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 1274 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 10835 (MS01-059: Unchecked Buffer in Universal Plug and Play can Lead to System Compromise (315000)), 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 38077 (Microsoft Windows Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) Simple Service Discovery Protocol (SSDP) Denial of Service Vulnerability (MS01-059)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Attack attempts may be identified with Snort ID 1384. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 2397.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (7722), Tenable (10835), SecurityFocus (BID 3724†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-359†). Entry connected to this vulnerability is available at VDB-17760. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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

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Nessus ID: 10835
Nessus Name: MS01-059: Unchecked Buffer in Universal Plug and Play can Lead to System Compromise (315000)
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Snort ID: 1384
Snort Message: OS-WINDOWS Microsoft Windows UPnP malformed advertisement
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Suricata ID: 2101384
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06/25/1998 🔍
12/20/2001 +1274 days 🔍
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07/11/2014 +4229 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com
Product: microsoft.com

Advisory: cert.org
Researcher: Riley Hassell (DiGiT)
Organization: eEye Digital Security
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2001-0877 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2001-0877
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-17761
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X-Force: 7722 - Microsoft Windows XP, Me, 98, and 98SE UPnP spoofed UDP packet with SSDP announcement denial of service attack
SecurityFocus: 3724 - Microsoft Universal Plug and Play Simple Service Discovery Protocol Denial of Service Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 359 - [MS01-059] DoS in Microsoft Windows UPnP Service via Spoofed SSDP Traffice, Medium

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20140213
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Entryinfo

Created: 07/11/2014 11:50
Updated: 10/01/2025 15:36
Changes: 07/11/2014 11:50 (83), 05/06/2019 14:45 (2), 12/30/2024 21:47 (17), 10/01/2025 15:36 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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