Microsoft Windows Vista SP2 up to Server 2016 Uniscribe LoadUvsTable data processing

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Windows. It has been rated as critical. This affects the function LoadUvsTable of the component Uniscribe. Performing a manipulation results in data processing. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2016-7274. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. Moreover, an exploit is present. Applying a patch is the recommended action to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Microsoft Windows (Operating System). This affects the function LoadUvsTable of the component Uniscribe. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a data processing vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-19. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was disclosed 12/13/2016 by Hossein Lotfi with Secunia Research as MS16-147 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is shared at technet.microsoft.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2016-7274 since 09/09/2016. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details and a public exploit are known.

A public exploit has been developed by Hossein Lotfi and been published 4 months after the advisory. The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.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 95766 (MS16-147: Security Update for Microsoft Uniscribe (3204063)), 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 91311 (Windows Uniscribe Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (MS16-147)).

Applying the patch MS16-147/MS17-013 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at technet.microsoft.com. A possible mitigation has been published 4 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Exploit-DB (41615), Tenable (95766) and SecurityFocus (BID 94758†). Further details are available at blogs.flexerasoftware.com. The entries VDB-94434, VDB-94435 and VDB-94436 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: Data processing
CWE: CWE-19
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Status: Proof-of-Concept
Author: Hossein Lotfi
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Nessus ID: 95766
Nessus Name: MS16-147: Security Update for Microsoft Uniscribe (3204063)
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OpenVAS ID: 831031
OpenVAS Name: Microsoft Uniscribe Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (3204063)
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Patch: MS16-147/MS17-013

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12/13/2016 +95 days 🔍
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12/14/2016 +1 days 🔍
12/20/2016 +6 days 🔍
03/14/2017 +84 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com
Product: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS16-147
Researcher: Hossein Lotfi
Organization: Secunia Research
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2016-7274 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-7274
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-94437

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SecurityFocus: 94758 - Microsoft Windows Uniscribe CVE-2016-7274 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1037440

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

Created: 12/14/2016 14:10
Updated: 09/23/2024 09:17
Changes: 12/14/2016 14:10 (76), 04/07/2017 13:16 (15), 10/08/2022 10:31 (5), 10/08/2022 10:37 (1), 09/23/2024 09:17 (16)
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