Microsoft Windows Vista SP2 up to Server 2012 R2 Journal memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Microsoft Windows Vista SP2 up to Server 2012 R2. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Journal. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2016-0038. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. Applying a patch is the recommended action to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Windows Vista SP2 up to Server 2012 R2 (Operating System) and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown code of the component Journal. 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 released 02/09/2016 with Microsoft as MS16-013 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is shared at technet.microsoft.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2016-0038 since 12/04/2015. 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 11/04/2024).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 88645 (MS16-013: Security Update for Windows Journal to Address Remote Code Execution (3134811)), 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 91163 (Microsoft Windows Journal Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (MS16-013)).

Applying the patch MS16-013 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. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 22690.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (88645), SecurityFocus (BID 82639†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-56475†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-80862, VDB-80863, VDB-80864 and VDB-80865. 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: 88645
Nessus Name: MS16-013: Security Update for Windows Journal to Address Remote Code Execution (3134811)
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OpenVAS ID: 802074
OpenVAS Name: Microsoft Windows Journal Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (3134811)
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com
Product: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS16-013
Organization: Microsoft
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2016-0038 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-0038
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-80861
SecurityFocus: 82639 - Microsoft Windows Journal CVE-2016-0038 Memory Corruption Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1034974
Vulnerability Center: 56475 - [MS16-013] Microsoft Windows Journal Remote Code Execution Vulnerability, Critical

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161215
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Entryinfo

Created: 02/10/2016 20:17
Updated: 11/04/2024 02:35
Changes: 02/10/2016 20:17 (65), 04/07/2017 13:55 (19), 07/07/2022 12:30 (4), 07/07/2022 12:38 (1), 11/04/2024 02:35 (16)
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