Microsoft Windows Server 2008/Vista Graphics memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Microsoft Windows Server 2008/Vista. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component Graphics Handler. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2015-6106. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. Applying a patch is the recommended action to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Windows Server 2008/Vista (Operating System) and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown functionality of the component Graphics Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was presented 12/08/2015 as MS15-128 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is shared at technet.microsoft.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2015-6106 since 08/14/2015. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. 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 06/29/2022).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 87250 (Microsoft Silverlight < 5.1.41105.0 Multiple Vulnerabilities (MS15-128) (Mac OS X)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family MacOS X Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 91140 (Microsoft Windows Graphics Component Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (MS15-128)).

Applying the patch MS15-128 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 vulnerability database at Tenable (87250). See VDB-79494, VDB-79495, VDB-79738 and VDB-79739 for similar entries. 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: 87250
Nessus Name: Microsoft Silverlight < 5.1.41105.0 Multiple Vulnerabilities (MS15-128) (Mac OS X)
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OpenVAS ID: 19782
OpenVAS Name: Microsoft Windows Kernel-Mode Drivers Code Execution Vulnerability (3119075)
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Patch: MS15-128

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08/14/2015 🔍
12/08/2015 +116 days 🔍
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06/29/2022 +2394 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com
Product: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS15-128
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2015-6106 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-6106
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-79493
SecurityTracker: 1034331

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20140213
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Entryinfo

Created: 12/09/2015 12:14
Updated: 06/29/2022 08:13
Changes: 12/09/2015 12:14 (47), 04/07/2017 13:57 (16), 06/29/2022 08:12 (3), 06/29/2022 08:13 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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