Microsoft Windows XP Remote Administration Protocol RAP Request memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Windows XP. It has been classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Remote Administration Protocol. This manipulation as part of RAP Request causes memory corruption. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2012-1853. Additionally, an exploit exists. Applying a patch is the recommended action to fix this issue.

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A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Microsoft Windows XP (Operating System). Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block of the component Remote Administration Protocol. The manipulation as part of a RAP Request leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Stack-based buffer overflow in the Remote Administration Protocol (RAP) implementation in the LanmanWorkstation service in Microsoft Windows XP SP3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted RAP response packets, aka "Remote Administration Protocol Stack Overflow Vulnerability."

The weakness was released 08/14/2012 by Yamata Li with Palo Alto Networks as MS12-054 as confirmed bulletin (Microsoft Technet). The advisory is shared at technet.microsoft.com. The public release was coordinated with Microsoft. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2012-1853 since 03/22/2012. The exploitation appears to be difficult. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details are unknown but a private exploit is available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 04/29/2018).

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 61529 (MS12-054: Vulnerabilities in Windows Networking Components Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2733594)), 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 90829 (Windows Networking Components Could Allow Remote Code Execution (MS12-054)).

Applying the patch MS12-054 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at technet.microsoft.com. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (61529), SecurityFocus (BID 54921†), OSVDB (84601†), Secunia (SA50245†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1027378†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-5938, VDB-5939, VDB-5940 and VDB-5942. 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: 61529
Nessus Name: MS12-054: Vulnerabilities in Windows Networking Components Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2733594)
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OpenVAS ID: 903036
OpenVAS Name: Microsoft Windows Networking Components Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities (2733594)
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Patch: MS12-054

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Vendor: microsoft.com
Product: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS12-054
Researcher: Yamata Li
Organization: Palo Alto Networks
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2012-1853 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2012-1853
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-5941

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SecurityFocus: 54921
Secunia: 50245 - Microsoft Windows Networking Components Multiple Vulnerabilities, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 84601
SecurityTracker: 1027378

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 08/16/2012 12:23
Updated: 04/29/2018 10:30
Changes: 08/16/2012 12:23 (82), 04/29/2018 10:30 (8)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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