Microsoft Windows 2000 Shell memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Microsoft Windows 2000. Affected is an unknown function of the component Shell. Performing a manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability was named CVE-2002-0070. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. Applying a patch is the recommended action to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Microsoft Windows 2000 (Operating System). This affects an unknown code of the component Shell. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Buffer overflow in Windows Shell (used as the Windows Desktop) allows local and possibly remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a custom URL handler that has not been removed for an application that has been improperly uninstalled.

The bug was discovered 03/07/2002. The weakness was presented 03/15/2002 by eEye Digital Security with eEye Digital Security as MS02-014 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is shared at microsoft.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2002-0070. The exploitability is told to be difficult. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 749 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 11307 (MS02-014: Unchecked buffer in Windows Shell (313829)), 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.

Applying the patch MS02-014 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at microsoft.com. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (8384), Tenable (11307), SecurityFocus (BID 4248†), OSVDB (2051†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-1418†). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.9

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 11307
Nessus Name: MS02-014: Unchecked buffer in Windows Shell (313829)
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Patch: MS02-014

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02/17/2000 🔍
03/07/2002 +749 days 🔍
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03/15/2002 +8 days 🔍
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03/02/2003 +352 days 🔍
07/15/2003 +135 days 🔍
07/11/2014 +4014 days 🔍
07/27/2019 +1842 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com
Product: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS02-014
Researcher: eEye Digital Security
Organization: eEye Digital Security
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2002-0070 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2002-0070
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-17973

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X-Force: 8384
SecurityFocus: 4248 - Microsoft Windows User Shell Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
OSVDB: 2051 - CVE-2002-0070 - MS02-014 - Microsoft - Windows - Buffer Overrun Issue
Vulnerability Center: 1418 - [MS02-014] Buffer Overflow in Windows Shell Allows Arbitrary Code Execution, Low

Entryinfo

Created: 07/11/2014 13:41
Updated: 07/27/2019 15:56
Changes: 07/11/2014 13:41 (74), 07/27/2019 15:56 (4)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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