Microsoft Windows XP memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Microsoft Windows XP. This affects an unknown part. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2007-1204. No exploit is available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Windows XP (Operating System). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Stack-based buffer overflow in the Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) service in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 allows remote attackers on the same subnet to execute arbitrary code via crafted HTTP headers in request or notification messages, which trigger memory corruption.

The bug was discovered 04/10/2007. The weakness was published 04/10/2007 by Greg MacManus with iDefense (Website). The advisory is shared at labs.idefense.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2007-1204 since 03/02/2007. The attack can only be initiated within the local network. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. We expect the 0-day to have been worth approximately $100k and more. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 25022 (MS07-019: Vulnerability in Universal Plug and Play Could Allow Remote Code Execution (931261)), 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 90390 (Windows Universal Plug and Play Could Allow Remote Code Execution (MS07-019)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch MS07-019 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at microsoft.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Attack attempts may be identified with Snort ID 10475. In this case the pattern SUBSCRIBE is used for detection. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 5226.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (33268), Tenable (25022), SecurityFocus (BID 23371†), OSVDB (34010†) and Secunia (SA24822†). Similar entries are available at VDB-3007, VDB-3006 and VDB-3004. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: No
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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 25022
Nessus Name: MS07-019: Vulnerability in Universal Plug and Play Could Allow Remote Code Execution (931261)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Patch: MS07-019

Snort ID: 10475
Snort Message: MISC UPNP notification type overflow attempt
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com
Product: microsoft.com

Advisory: labs.idefense.com⛔
Researcher: Greg MacManus
Organization: iDefense
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2007-1204 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-1204
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-3005

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X-Force: 33268
SecurityFocus: 23371 - Microsoft Windows UPnP Remote Stack Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia: 24822 - Microsoft Windows XP UPnP Memory Corruption Vulnerability, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 34010 - Microsoft Windows XP UPnP Remote Memory Corruption
SecurityTracker: 1017895
Vulnerability Center: 14799 - [MS07-019] Microsoft Universal Plug and Play Remote Code Execution via Crafted HTTP Requests, High
Vupen: ADV-2007-1323

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Entryinfo

Created: 04/17/2007 17:50
Updated: 06/09/2025 09:32
Changes: 04/17/2007 17:50 (105), 07/17/2019 16:41 (1), 06/09/2025 09:32 (18)
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Cache ID: 216:711:103

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