Microsoft Windows FTPD Sasser Worm memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Microsoft Windows. The affected element is an unknown function of the component FTPD. This manipulation causes memory corruption (Sasser Worm). Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. Furthermore, an exploit is available. It is advisable to implement restrictive firewalling.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Windows (Operating System) (the affected version is unknown). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code of the component FTPD. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability (Sasser Worm). 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 weakness was published 05/11/2004 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at securiteam.com. The attack can be launched remotely. Technical details are unknown but an 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.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at heise.de.Proper firewalling of is able to address this issue. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be applying a restrictive firewalling.

Additional details are provided at heise.de. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.6

VulDB Base Score: 5.0
VulDB Temp Score: 4.6
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Exploitinginfo

Name: Sasser Worm
Class: Memory corruption / Sasser Worm
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Firewall
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Patch: heise.de

Timelineinfo

05/11/2004 🔍
05/12/2004 +1 days 🔍
06/28/2019 +5525 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com
Product: microsoft.com

Advisory: securiteam.com⛔
Status: Not defined

GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-655
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Entryinfo

Created: 05/12/2004 11:31
Updated: 06/28/2019 12:26
Changes: 05/12/2004 11:31 (46), 06/28/2019 12:26 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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