Microsoft Windows Server 2008/Vista SMB Processor EducatedScholar resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Microsoft Windows Server 2008/Vista. Impacted is an unknown function of the component SMB Processor. The manipulation leads to resource management (EducatedScholar). This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2009-3103. The attack can be initiated remotely. Additionally, an exploit exists. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Windows Server 2008/Vista (Operating System). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component SMB Processor. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability (EducatedScholar). Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-399. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Array index error in the SMBv2 protocol implementation in srv2.sys in Microsoft Windows Vista Gold, SP1, and SP2, Windows Server 2008 Gold and SP2, and Windows 7 RC allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (system crash) via an & (ampersand) character in a Process ID High header field in a NEGOTIATE PROTOCOL REQUEST packet, which triggers an attempted dereference of an out-of-bounds memory location, aka "SMBv2 Negotiation Vulnerability." NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

The weakness was released 09/08/2009 by Laurent Gaffié as MS09-050 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). It is possible to read the advisory at technet.microsoft.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2009-3103 since 09/08/2009. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

A public exploit has been developed by laurent gaffie in Python and been published before and not just after the advisory. The exploit is available at securityfocus.com. It is declared as highly functional. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 40887 (MS09-050: Microsoft Windows SMB2 _Smb2ValidateProviderCallback() Vulnerability (975497) (uncredentialed check)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows and running in the context r. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 90527 (Microsoft Server Message Block (SMBv2) Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (MS09-050) and Shadow Brokers (EDUCATEDSCHOLAR)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch MS09-050 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 2 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 11792.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (53090), Exploit-DB (9594), Tenable (40887), SecurityFocus (BID 36299†) and OSVDB (57799†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-50449 and VDB-50445. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Name: EducatedScholar
Class: Resource management / EducatedScholar
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Access: Public
Status: Highly functional
Author: laurent gaffie
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Nessus ID: 40887
Nessus Name: MS09-050: Microsoft Windows SMB2 _Smb2ValidateProviderCallback() Vulnerability (975497) (uncredentialed check)
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OpenVAS ID: 100283
OpenVAS Name: Microsoft Windows SMB2 _Smb2ValidateProviderCallback() Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
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Saint ID: exploit_info/windows_smb2
Saint Name: Windows SMB2 buffer overflow

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MetaSploit ID: ms09_050_smb2_negotiate_pidhigh.rb
MetaSploit Name: Microsoft SRV2.SYS SMB Negotiate ProcessID Function Table Dereference
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Patch: MS09-050
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com
Product: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS09-050
Researcher: Laurent Gaffié
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2009-3103 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2009-3103
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-4031

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X-Force: 53090 - Microsoft Windows srv2.sys code execution, High Risk
SecurityFocus: 36299 - Microsoft Windows SMB2 '_Smb2ValidateProviderCallback()' Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Secunia: 36623 - Microsoft Windows SMBv2 Multiple Vulnerabilities, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 57799 - Microsoft Windows srv2.sys Kernel Driver SMB2 Malformed NEGOTIATE PROTOCOL REQUEST Remote DoS
SecurityTracker: 1022848 - Windows Server Message Block NEGOTIATE PROTOCOL REQUEST Processing Flaw Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
Vulnerability Center: 23449 - [MS09-050] Microsoft Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista SMB2 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability, Critical

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20140213
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Created: 09/21/2009 16:13
Updated: 01/05/2025 21:14
Changes: 09/21/2009 16:13 (111), 07/14/2017 10:00 (18), 03/17/2021 13:30 (3), 03/17/2021 13:32 (1), 12/10/2024 17:25 (15), 01/05/2025 21:14 (1)
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