Microsoft Windows NetBIOS Share Name memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Windows. It has been rated as critical. Affected is an unknown function of the component NetBIOS Share Name Handler. This manipulation causes memory corruption. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2004-0214. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. Moreover, an exploit is present. The affected component should be disabled.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Windows (Operating System) (version unknown). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function of the component NetBIOS Share Name Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input 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:

Buffer overflow in Microsoft Internet Explorer and Explorer on Windows XP SP1, WIndows 2000, Windows 98, and Windows Me may allow remote malicious servers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via long share names, as demonstrated using Samba.

The weakness was disclosed 04/26/2004 by Rodrigo Gutierrez with Intel as MS04-037 (Website). The advisory is shared at lists.netsys.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2004-0214 since 03/11/2004. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

It is possible to download the exploit at securiteam.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. We expect the 0-day to have been worth approximately $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 15460 (MS04-037: Vulnerability in Windows Shell (841356)), 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 90189 (Windows Shell Remote Code Execution (MS04-037)).

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at support.microsoft.com. Attack attempts may be identified with Snort ID 15965.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (17662), Exploit-DB (24051), Tenable (15460), SecurityFocus (BID 10213†) and OSVDB (10698†). Additional details are provided at support.microsoft.com. The entries VDB-900 and VDB-899 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: 15460
Nessus Name: MS04-037: Vulnerability in Windows Shell (841356)
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Recommended: Disable
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Patch: support.microsoft.com

Snort ID: 15965

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04/25/2004 +45 days 🔍
04/26/2004 +1 days 🔍
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10/12/2004 +169 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com
Product: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS04-037
Researcher: Rodrigo Gutierrez
Organization: Intel
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2004-0214 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2004-0214
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-637

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X-Force: 17662 - Microsoft Windows MS04-037 patch is not installed, High Risk
SecurityFocus: 10213 - Microsoft Windows Shell Long Share Name Buffer Overrun Vulnerability
Secunia: 11482 - Windows Explorer / Internet Explorer Long Share Name Buffer Overflow, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 10698 - Microsoft Windows Shell Application Start Arbitrary Code Execution
SecurityTracker: 1011647 - Microsoft Windows Shell Buffer Overflows Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
SecuriTeam: securiteam.com
Vulnerability Center: 5542

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 04/26/2004 15:50
Updated: 07/31/2025 10:09
Changes: 04/26/2004 15:50 (89), 06/18/2017 20:20 (5), 03/09/2021 13:54 (2), 07/05/2024 00:17 (16), 01/02/2025 13:22 (5), 07/31/2025 10:09 (2)
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