VDB-37787 · CVE-2007-3724 · OSVDB 36938

Microsoft Windows XP denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Microsoft Windows XP. This affects an unknown part. The manipulation leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2007-3724. Local access is required to approach this attack. No exploit exists. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Windows XP (Operating System) and classified as problematic. This issue affects an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

The process scheduler in the Microsoft Windows XP kernel does not make use of the process statistics kept by the kernel, performs scheduling based on CPU billing gathered from periodic process sampling ticks, and gives preference to "interactive" processes that perform voluntary sleeps, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption), as described in "Secretly Monopolizing the CPU Without Superuser Privileges."

The weakness was disclosed 07/10/2007 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at cs.huji.ac.il. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2007-3724 since 07/11/2007. The exploitation is known to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. The successful exploitation needs a simple authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at OSVDB (36938†). The entries VDB-37786, VDB-37785, VDB-37784 and VDB-37783 are pretty similar. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

07/10/2007 🔍
07/11/2007 +0 days 🔍
07/12/2007 +1 days 🔍
08/19/2007 +38 days 🔍
03/15/2015 +2764 days 🔍
04/07/2017 +754 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com
Product: microsoft.com

Advisory: cs.huji.ac.il
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2007-3724 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-3724
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-37787
OSVDB: 36938 - Microsoft Windows XP Kernel Process Scheduler Local DoS

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/15/2015 15:58
Updated: 04/07/2017 16:03
Changes: 03/15/2015 15:58 (44), 04/07/2017 16:03 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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