Microsoft Windows 2000/XP resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in Microsoft Windows 2000/XP. Affected is an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to resource management. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2007-1211. No exploit exists. A patch should be applied to remediate this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Microsoft Windows 2000/XP (Operating System). Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-399. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

Unspecified kernel GDI functions in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4; XP SP2; and Server 2003 Gold, SP1, and SP2 allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (possibly persistent restart) via a crafted Windows Metafile (WMF) image that causes an invalid dereference of an offset in a kernel structure, a related issue to CVE-2005-4560.

The bug was discovered 04/03/2007. The weakness was disclosed 04/04/2007 by Greg MacManus (iDefense) with iDEFENSE Labs as MS07-017 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is available at microsoft.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2007-1211 since 03/02/2007. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. 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)).

Applying the patch MS07-017 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at microsoft.com. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (33266), Tenable (24911), SecurityFocus (BID 23275†), OSVDB (34098†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1017843†). The entries VDB-1086, VDB-2659, VDB-2990 and VDB-35900 are pretty similar. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.7

VulDB Base Score: 7.5
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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 24911
Nessus Name: MS07-017: Vulnerabilities in GDI Could Allow Remote Code Execution (925902)
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OpenVAS ID: 801720
OpenVAS Name: Vulnerabilities in GDI Could Allow Remote Code Execution (925902)
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Patch: MS07-017
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com
Product: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS07-017
Researcher: Greg MacManus (iDefense)
Organization: iDEFENSE Labs
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2007-1211 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-1211
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-36002

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X-Force: 33266
SecurityFocus: 23275 - Microsoft Windows GDI WMF Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability
OSVDB: 34098 - CVE-2007-1211 - MS07-017 - Microsoft Windows - GDI WMF - Denial-Of-Service Issue
SecurityTracker: 1017843
Vulnerability Center: 14763 - [MS07-017] Microsoft Windows GDI Denial of Service via Malicious WMF Image, High
Vupen: ADV-2007-1215

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/13/2015 14:56
Updated: 07/14/2021 08:45
Changes: 03/13/2015 14:56 (91), 07/17/2019 11:21 (4), 07/14/2021 08:45 (3)
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Cache ID: 216:B4A:103

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