Microsoft Windows information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Microsoft Windows. This affects an unknown function. This manipulation causes information disclosure. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2010-0025. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Microsoft Windows (Operating System) (affected version unknown) and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

The SMTP component in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2 and SP3, Server 2003 SP2, and Server 2008 Gold, SP2, and R2, and Exchange Server 2000 SP3, does not properly allocate memory for SMTP command replies, which allows remote attackers to read fragments of e-mail messages by sending a series of invalid commands and then sending a STARTTLS command, aka "SMTP Memory Allocation Vulnerability."

The weakness was presented 04/14/2010 with Microsoft (Website). The advisory is shared at us-cert.gov. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2010-0025. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 09/07/2021). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1592 for this issue.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 45511 (MS10-024: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Exchange and Windows SMTP Service Could Allow Denial of Service (981832)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows : Microsoft Bulletins. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 90598 (Microsoft Exchange and Windows SMTP Service Denial of Service and Information Disclosure Vulnerabilities (MS10-024)).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (57325), Tenable (45511), SecurityFocus (BID 39381†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-25377†). See VDB-4104, VDB-50811, VDB-53104 and VDB-53103 for similar entries. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 45511
Nessus Name: MS10-024: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Exchange and Windows SMTP Service Could Allow Denial of Service (981832)
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OpenVAS ID: 100596
OpenVAS Name: Microsoft Windows SMTP Server MX Record Denial of Service Vulnerability
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Recommended: no mitigation known
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12/14/2009 🔍
04/13/2010 +120 days 🔍
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03/19/2015 +1800 days 🔍
09/07/2021 +2364 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com
Product: microsoft.com

Advisory: us-cert.gov
Organization: Microsoft
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2010-0025 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2010-0025
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-52753

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X-Force: 57325
SecurityFocus: 39381 - Microsoft Windows SMTP Server Memory Allocation Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 25377 - [MS10-024] Microsoft SMTP Server Memory Allocation Remote Information Disclosure Vulnerability, High

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/19/2015 12:22
Updated: 09/07/2021 23:24
Changes: 03/19/2015 12:22 (60), 02/23/2017 10:10 (11), 09/07/2021 23:10 (3), 09/07/2021 23:24 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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