Microsoft Wireless Zero Configuration system wzcsapi.dll api information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Microsoft Wireless Zero Configuration system. The impacted element is the function api in the library wzcsapi.dll. The manipulation leads to information disclosure. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2005-4697. In addition, an exploit is available.

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A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Wireless Zero Configuration system (version now known) and classified as problematic. This issue affects the function api in the library wzcsapi.dll. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

The Microsoft Wireless Zero Configuration system (WZCS) allows local users to access WEP keys and pair-wise Master Keys (PMK) of the WPA pre-shared key via certain calls to the WZCQueryInterface API function in wzcsapi.dll.

The bug was discovered 03/20/2005. The weakness was presented 12/31/2005 by Laszlo Toth (Website). The advisory is shared at archives.neohapsis.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2005-4697 since 02/01/2006. The exploitation is known to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1592 for this issue.

After before and not just, there has been an exploit disclosed. The exploit is available at frsirt.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 200 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (22524), SecurityFocus (BID 15008†), OSVDB (19873†) and Secunia (SA17064†). See VDB-1781 for similar entry. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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03/20/2005 🔍
10/04/2005 +198 days 🔍
10/06/2005 +2 days 🔍
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12/31/2005 +85 days 🔍
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02/01/2006 +32 days 🔍
03/12/2015 +3326 days 🔍
07/31/2017 +872 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: archives.neohapsis.com
Researcher: Laszlo Toth
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2005-4697 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-4697
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-28013
X-Force: 22524 - Microsoft Windows XP Wireless Zero Configuration service information disclosure
SecurityFocus: 15008 - Microsoft Windows Wireless Zero Configuration Service Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Secunia: 17064 - Microsoft Windows XP Wireless Zero Configuration Wireless Profile Disclosure, Less Critical
OSVDB: 19873 - Microsoft Windows XP Wireless Zero Configuration Credential/Key Disclosure
Vupen: ADV-2005-1970

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 03/12/2015 11:11
Updated: 07/31/2017 09:01
Changes: 03/12/2015 11:11 (58), 07/31/2017 09:01 (11)
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