Microsoft Windows Win32 API memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Windows. It has been declared as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Win32 API. Such manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2007-2219. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Windows (Operating System) (version now known) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the component Win32 API. 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. CVE summarizes:

Unspecified vulnerability in the Win32 API on Microsoft Windows 2000, XP SP2, and Server 2003 SP1 and SP2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via certain parameters to an unspecified function.

The bug was discovered 06/12/2007. The weakness was presented 06/12/2007 by Billy Rios with VeriSign as MS07-035 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is shared for download at microsoft.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2007-2219 since 04/24/2007. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 25488 (MS07-035: Vulnerability in Win 32 API Could Allow Remote Code Execution (935839)), 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 90397 (Win 32 API Could Allow Remote Code Execution (MS07-035)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch MS07-035 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 11838. In this case the pattern res|3A|// is used for detection.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (34645), Tenable (25488), SecurityFocus (BID 24370†), OSVDB (35341†) and Secunia (SA25640†). informationweek.com is providing further details. See VDB-3124 and VDB-3127 for similar entries. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 25488
Nessus Name: MS07-035: Vulnerability in Win 32 API Could Allow Remote Code Execution (935839)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Patch: MS07-035

Snort ID: 11838
Snort Message: WEB-MISC Win32 API res buffer overflow attempt
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com
Product: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS07-035
Researcher: Billy Rios
Organization: VeriSign
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2007-2219 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-2219
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-3128

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X-Force: 34645
SecurityFocus: 24370 - Microsoft Win32 API Parameter Validation Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Secunia: 25640
OSVDB: 35341 - Microsoft Windows Win32 API Unspecified Remote Code Execution
SecurityTracker: 1018230
Vulnerability Center: 15366 - [MS07-035] Microsoft Windows 2000, XP, and Server 2003 Win32 API Vulnerability Allows Code Execution, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2007-2155

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Entryinfo

Created: 06/18/2007 19:38
Updated: 06/08/2025 21:21
Changes: 06/18/2007 19:38 (101), 09/05/2019 13:36 (1), 01/13/2025 01:08 (16), 06/08/2025 21:21 (2)
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