Microsoft Windows up to Vista GDI memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Windows up to Vista and classified as critical. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component GDI. Such manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2007-1765. Furthermore, an exploit is available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Windows up to Vista (Operating System). It has been rated as very critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code of the component GDI. 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 Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4 through Vista allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (persistent reboot) via a malformed ANI file, which results in memory corruption when processing cursors, animated cursors, and icons, a similar issue to CVE-2005-0416, as originally demonstrated using Internet Explorer 6 and 7. NOTE: this issue might be a duplicate of CVE-2007-0038; if so, then use CVE-2007-0038 instead of this identifier.

The weakness was published 03/29/2007 with McAfee (Website). The advisory is shared for download at vupen.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2007-1765 since 03/29/2007. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 06/27/2024).

A public exploit has been developed in ANSI C. The exploit is available at securityfocus.com. It is declared as highly functional. As 0-day the estimated underground price was around $100k and more. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 24911 (MS07-017: Vulnerabilities in GDI Could Allow Remote Code Execution (925902)), 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 90389 (Vulnerabilities in GDI Could Allow Remote Code Execution (MS07-017)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 5 days after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Attack attempts may be identified with Snort ID 3079.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Exploit-DB (3617), Tenable (24911), SecurityFocus (BID 23194†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1017827†). Similar entries are available at VDB-1086, VDB-2659, VDB-2990 and VDB-36005. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Access: Public
Status: Highly functional
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Nessus ID: 24911
Nessus Name: MS07-017: Vulnerabilities in GDI Could Allow Remote Code Execution (925902)
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MetaSploit ID: ms07_017_ani_loadimage_chunksize.rb
MetaSploit Name: Windows ANI LoadAniIcon() Chunk Size Stack Buffer Overflow (SMTP)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Snort ID: 3079
Snort Message: BROWSER-IE Microsoft Internet Explorer ANI file parsing buffer overflow attempt
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com
Product: microsoft.com

Advisory: vupen.com⛔
Organization: McAfee
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2007-1765 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-1765
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-35900
SecurityFocus: 23194 - Microsoft Windows Cursor And Icon ANI Format Handling Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1017827
Vupen: ADV-2007-1151

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/13/2015 12:16
Updated: 06/27/2024 08:31
Changes: 03/13/2015 12:16 (62), 09/17/2018 08:21 (21), 06/27/2024 08:31 (16)
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