Microsoft Windows Vista SP2 up to Server 2016 Uniscribe information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as problematic has been found in Microsoft Windows. This impacts an unknown function of the component Uniscribe. The manipulation results in information disclosure. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2017-0121. The attack can be launched remotely. Moreover, an exploit is present. It is advisable to implement a patch to correct this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Windows (Operating System). It has been classified as problematic. Affected is an unknown part of the component Uniscribe. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality.

The bug was discovered 03/14/2017. The weakness was disclosed 03/14/2017 by Mateusz Jurczyk with Google Project Zero as MS17-011 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is shared for download at technet.microsoft.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2017-0121 since 09/09/2016. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1592.

The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. As 0-day the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 97732 (MS17-011: Security Update for Microsoft Uniscribe (4013076)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows : Microsoft Bulletins and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 91338 (Microsoft Uniscribe Multiple Remote Code Execution and Information Disclosure Vulnerabilities (MS17-011)).

Applying the patch MS17-011 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 (41655), Tenable (97732), SecurityFocus (BID 96678†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1037992†). The entries VDB-98024, VDB-98025, VDB-98026 and VDB-98027 are pretty similar. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 97732
Nessus Name: MS17-011: Security Update for Microsoft Uniscribe (4013076)
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OpenVAS ID: 802074
OpenVAS Name: Microsoft Uniscribe Multiple Vulnerabilities (4013076)
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Patch: MS17-011

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com
Product: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS17-011
Researcher: Mateusz Jurczyk
Organization: Google Project Zero
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2017-0121 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-0121
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-98052

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SecurityFocus: 96678 - Microsoft Windows Uniscribe CVE-2017-0121 Information Disclosure Vulnerability
OSVDB: - CVE-2017-0121 - MS17-011 - Microsoft - Windows - Information Disclosure Issue
SecurityTracker: 1037992

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

Created: 03/15/2017 11:59
Updated: 12/25/2024 02:41
Changes: 03/15/2017 11:59 (84), 09/07/2020 16:25 (5), 09/14/2024 10:00 (18), 12/25/2024 02:41 (1)
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