Microsoft Windows up to 2000 SP3 SMTP Service FILETIME denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in Microsoft Windows up to 2000 SP3. This affects an unknown function of the component SMTP Service. The manipulation of the argument FILETIME leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2003-1106. No exploit is available. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Windows up to 2000 SP3 (Operating System). It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects an unknown code of the component SMTP Service. The manipulation of the argument FILETIME 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 summary by CVE is:

The SMTP service in Microsoft Windows 2000 before SP4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash or hang) via an e-mail message with a malformed time stamp in the FILETIME attribute.

The weakness was published 12/31/2003 with Microsoft as confirmed advisory (CERT.org). It is possible to read the advisory at kb.cert.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2003-1106 since 03/11/2005. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit.

Applying the patch SP4 is able to eliminate this problem.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at SecurityFocus (BID 8195†). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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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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Status: Not defined

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Recommended: Patch
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Patch: SP4

Timelineinfo

07/02/2003 🔍
12/31/2003 +182 days 🔍
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03/11/2005 +436 days 🔍
08/22/2014 +3451 days 🔍
07/15/2024 +3615 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com
Product: microsoft.com

Advisory: kb.cert.org
Organization: Microsoft
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2003-1106 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2003-1106
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-21095
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SecurityFocus: 8195 - Microsoft SMTP Service Invalid FILETIME Denial of Service Vulnerability

Entryinfo

Created: 08/22/2014 13:19
Updated: 07/15/2024 21:37
Changes: 08/22/2014 13:19 (50), 07/04/2017 08:02 (6), 07/15/2024 21:37 (17)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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