Microsoft Windows up to Server 2016 HelpPane improper authentication

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Microsoft Windows up to Server 2016. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component HelpPane. The manipulation leads to improper authentication. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2017-0100. Local access is required to approach this attack. Moreover, an exploit is present. It is suggested to install a patch to address this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Microsoft Windows up to Server 2016 (Operating System). This issue affects an unknown functionality of the component HelpPane. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper authentication vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-287. When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The bug was discovered 03/14/2017. The weakness was disclosed 03/14/2017 by James Forshaw with Google Security Research as MS17-012 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is shared at technet.microsoft.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2017-0100 since 09/09/2016. An attack has to be approached locally. The successful exploitation needs a simple authentication. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

After 1 days, there has been an exploit disclosed. The exploit is available 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 97743 (MS17-012: Security Update for Microsoft Windows (4013078)), 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 370297 (Microsoft Cumulative Security Update for Windows (MS17-012)).

Applying the patch MS17-012 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 (41607), Tenable (97743), SecurityFocus (BID 96700†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1038001†). The entries VDB-96521, VDB-98053, VDB-98054 and VDB-98055 are pretty similar. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.3

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Improper authentication
CWE: CWE-287
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 97743
Nessus Name: MS17-012: Security Update for Microsoft Windows (4013078)
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OpenVAS ID: 802074
OpenVAS Name: Microsoft Windows Multiple Vulnerabilities (4013078)
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Recommended: Patch
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Patch: MS17-012

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09/09/2016 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com
Product: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS17-012
Researcher: James Forshaw
Organization: Google Security Research
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2017-0100 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-0100
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-98057

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SecurityFocus: 96700 - Microsoft Windows HelpPane CVE-2017-0100 Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
OSVDB: - CVE-2017-0100 - MS17-012 - Microsoft - Windows - Privilege Escalation Issue
SecurityTracker: 1038001

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

Created: 03/15/2017 12:15
Updated: 12/24/2024 22:07
Changes: 03/15/2017 12:15 (86), 09/07/2020 16:39 (7), 12/24/2024 22:07 (18)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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