Microsoft WebDAV Mini-Redirector XP memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft WebDAV Mini-Redirector XP. It has been classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Redirector. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2008-0080. No exploit exists. Applying a patch is the recommended action to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Microsoft WebDAV Mini-Redirector XP. This issue affects an unknown code block of the component Redirector. 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. The summary by CVE is:

Heap-based buffer overflow in the WebDAV Mini-Redirector in Microsoft Windows XP SP2, Server 2003 SP1 and SP2, and Vista allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted WebDAV response.

The bug was discovered 02/12/2008. The weakness was disclosed 02/12/2008 (Website). The advisory is shared at us-cert.gov. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2008-0080 since 01/03/2008. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 31041 (MS08-007: Vulnerability in WebDAV Mini-Redirector Could Allow Remote Code Execution (946026)), 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 90425 (WebDAV Mini-Redirector Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (MS08-007)).

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 5906.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (40063), Tenable (31041), SecurityFocus (BID 27670†), OSVDB (41460†) and Secunia (SA28894†). The entries VDB-38706, VDB-40995, VDB-40996 and VDB-41003 are pretty similar. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 31041
Nessus Name: MS08-007: Vulnerability in WebDAV Mini-Redirector Could Allow Remote Code Execution (946026)
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OpenVAS ID: 90015
OpenVAS Name: Mini-Redirector Heap Overflow Vulnerability
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: us-cert.gov
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2008-0080 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-0080
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-40997

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X-Force: 40063
SecurityFocus: 27670 - Microsoft Windows WebDAV Mini-Redirector Heap Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia: 28894
OSVDB: 41460 - CVE-2008-0080 - MS08-007 - WebDAV Mini-Redirector - Code Execution Issue
SecurityTracker: 1019372
Vulnerability Center: 17605 - [MS08-007] WebDAV Mini-Redirector Allows Remote Attackers to Execute Arbitrary Code, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2008-0509

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Created: 03/16/2015 13:43
Updated: 06/01/2025 19:20
Changes: 03/16/2015 13:43 (77), 08/04/2019 21:41 (12), 06/01/2025 19:20 (17)
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