Microsoft Windows up to 3.11 information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Windows and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. Executing a manipulation can lead to information disclosure. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2005-2150. There is no available exploit. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Microsoft Windows (Operating System) and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 2000 before URP1 for Windows 2000 SP4 does not properly prevent NULL sessions from accessing certain alternate named pipes, which allows remote attackers to (1) list Windows services via svcctl or (2) read eventlogs via eventlog.

The bug was discovered 01/23/2004. The weakness was presented 07/11/2005 by Jean-Baptiste Marchand (Website). The advisory is shared for download at hsc.fr. This vulnerability was named CVE-2005-2150 since 07/06/2005. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1592.

After even before and not, there has been an exploit disclosed. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 529 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 18602 (Microsoft Windows SMB svcctl MSRPC Interface SCM Service Enumeration), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 90224 (Microsoft Windows Remote Information Disclosure (MS05-007)).

Upgrading to version 4.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (21288), Tenable (18602), SecurityFocus (BID 14178†), OSVDB (17860†) and Secunia (SA14189†). See VDB-1190 for similar entry. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 18602
Nessus Name: Microsoft Windows SMB svcctl MSRPC Interface SCM Service Enumeration
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Windows 4.0
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01/23/2004 🔍
02/08/2005 +382 days 🔍
06/28/2005 +140 days 🔍
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03/11/2015 +3527 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com
Product: microsoft.com

Advisory: hsc.fr
Researcher: Jean-Baptiste Marchand
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2005-2150 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-2150
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-25708
X-Force: 21288
SecurityFocus: 14178 - Microsoft Windows MSRPC Eventlog Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Secunia: 14189 - Windows Anonymous Named Pipe Connection Information Disclosure, Not Critical
OSVDB: 17860 - Microsoft Windows NULL Session MSRPC Interface Remote eventlog Disclosure
SecurityTracker: 1014417
Vulnerability Center: 8502 - Information Disclosure in Windows 2000 via \\srvsvc Connection, Low

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

Created: 03/11/2015 11:41
Updated: 07/05/2025 18:34
Changes: 03/11/2015 11:41 (75), 06/02/2019 21:55 (7), 07/05/2025 18:34 (19)
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