Microsoft Windows 7 SP1/Server 2008 SP2/Vista SP2 Registry memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Microsoft Windows 7 SP1/Server 2008 SP2/Vista SP2 and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects the function nt!nt!HvpGetBinMemAlloc/nt!ExpFindAndRemoveTagBigPages of the component Registry. This manipulation causes memory corruption. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2017-0103. It is possible to launch the attack on the local host. Additionally, an exploit exists. Applying a patch is the recommended action to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Microsoft Windows 7 SP1/Server 2008 SP2/Vista SP2 (Operating System). Affected by this vulnerability is the function nt!nt!HvpGetBinMemAlloc/nt!ExpFindAndRemoveTagBigPages of the component Registry. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The bug was discovered 03/14/2017. The weakness was released 03/14/2017 by James Forshaw with Google Security Research as MS17-017 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is shared at technet.microsoft.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2017-0103 since 09/09/2016. An attack has to be approached locally. A single authentication is necessary for exploitation. Technical details and also a public exploit are known.

A public exploit has been developed by Google Security Research and been published 6 days after the advisory. It is possible to download the exploit at github.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 97733 (MS17-017: Security Update for Windows Kernel (4013081)), 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 91346 (Microsoft Windows Kernel Elevation of Privileges (MS17-017)).

Applying the patch MS17-017 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 (41645), Tenable (97733), SecurityFocus (BID 96623†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1038013†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-98098, VDB-98099 and VDB-98100. 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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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
Author: Google Security Research
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Nessus ID: 97733
Nessus Name: MS17-017: Security Update for Windows Kernel (4013081)
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OpenVAS ID: 802074
OpenVAS Name: Microsoft Windows Kernel Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (4013081)
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Patch: MS17-017

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Vendor: microsoft.com
Product: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS17-017
Researcher: James Forshaw
Organization: Google Security Research
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2017-0103 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-0103
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-98101

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SecurityFocus: 96623 - Microsoft Windows Kernel CVE-2017-0103 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
OSVDB: - CVE-2017-0103 - MS17-017 - Microsoft - Windows - Privilege Escalation Issue
SecurityTracker: 1038013

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

Created: 03/15/2017 13:48
Updated: 12/24/2024 22:07
Changes: 03/15/2017 13:48 (93), 09/08/2020 10:00 (2), 12/24/2024 22:07 (18)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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