Microsoft Windows up to Vista TrueType Font win32k.sys access control
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Summary
A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in Microsoft Windows up to Vista. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality in the library win32k.sys of the component TrueType Font Handler. Such manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2014-4113. The attack can be executed remotely. Additionally, an exploit exists. A patch should be applied to remediate this issue.
Details
A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Microsoft Windows up to Vista (Operating System). Affected by this issue is an unknown part in the library win32k.sys of the component TrueType Font Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-264. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
The weakness was released 10/14/2014 by Ligen with CrowdStrike Intelligence Team/FireEye as MS14-058 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is available at technet.microsoft.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2014-4113 since 06/12/2014. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known. This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.
A public exploit has been developed by Metasploit in Ruby and been published 2 weeks after the advisory. The exploit is available at securityfocus.com. It is declared as attacked. As 0-day the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 78433 (MS14-058: Vulnerabilities in Kernel-Mode Driver Could Allow Remote Code Execution (3000061)), 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 90983 (Microsoft Windows Kernel-Mode Driver Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (MS14-058)). This issue was added on 05/04/2022 to the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog with a due date of 05/25/2022:
Apply updates per vendor instructions.Applying the patch MS14-058 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 Exploit-DB (35101), Zero-Day.cz (14), Tenable (78433), SecurityFocus (BID 70364†) and OSVDB (113167†). krebsonsecurity.com is providing further details. Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-67832, VDB-67831, VDB-67806 and VDB-67811. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.
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- Vendor: https://www.microsoft.com/
- Product: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows
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Class: Access controlCWE: CWE-264
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Nessus ID: 78433
Nessus Name: MS14-058: Vulnerabilities in Kernel-Mode Driver Could Allow Remote Code Execution (3000061)
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MetaSploit ID: ms14_058_track_popup_menu.rb
MetaSploit Name: Windows TrackPopupMenu Win32k NULL Pointer Dereference
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Patch: MS14-058
Suricata ID: 2019420
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Sources
Vendor: microsoft.comProduct: microsoft.com
Advisory: MS14-058
Researcher: Ligen
Organization: CrowdStrike Intelligence Team/FireEye
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2014-4113 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2014-4113
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-67826
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SecurityFocus: 70364 - Microsoft Windows Kernel 'Win32k.sys' CVE-2014-4113 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Secunia: 60970
OSVDB: 113167
SecurityTracker: 1031022 - Windows Kernel-Mode Driver Flaws Let Local Users Gain Elevated Privileges and Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
Vulnerability Center: 46433 - [MS14-058] Microsoft Windows Local Privileges Escalation in Win32k.sys - CVE-2014-4113, Medium
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20140213
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Entry
Created: 10/15/2014 11:43Updated: 09/09/2024 22:30
Changes: 10/15/2014 11:43 (85), 04/07/2017 15:04 (20), 02/22/2022 06:53 (3), 02/22/2022 07:05 (1), 04/25/2024 19:38 (23), 07/02/2024 22:28 (12), 07/11/2024 21:24 (2), 09/09/2024 22:30 (1)
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