Microsoft Windows Vista SP2 up to Server 2012 R2 LDAP access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Windows. It has been classified as critical. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component LDAP. This manipulation causes access control. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2017-0166. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. Applying a patch is the recommended action to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Microsoft Windows (Operating System). Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block of the component LDAP. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-264. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The bug was discovered 04/11/2017. The weakness was published 04/11/2017 with Microsoft as KB4015068 / KB4015217 / KB4015219 / KB4015221 / KB4015549 / KB4015550 / KB4015551 / KB4015583 as confirmed knowledge base article (Website). The advisory is shared at portal.msrc.microsoft.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2017-0166 since 09/09/2016. The attack can be launched remotely. The requirement for exploitation is a single authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 99285 (Windows Server 2012 April 2017 Security Updates (Petya)), 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 91355 (Microsoft Windows Security Update April 2017).

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at portal.msrc.microsoft.com. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (99285), SecurityFocus (BID 97446†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1038245†). Similar entries are available at VDB-99533, VDB-99655, VDB-99656 and VDB-99657. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Nessus ID: 99285
Nessus Name: Windows Server 2012 April 2017 Security Updates (Petya)
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OpenVAS ID: 800442
OpenVAS Name: Microsoft Windows LDAP Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability (KB4015068)
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Recommended: Patch
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Patch: portal.msrc.microsoft.com

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com
Product: microsoft.com

Advisory: KB4015068 / KB4015217 / KB4015219 / KB4015221 / KB4015549 / KB4015550 / KB4015551 / KB4015583
Organization: Microsoft
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2017-0166 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-0166
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-99685

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SecurityFocus: 97446 - Microsoft Windows LDAP CVE-2017-0166 Remote Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1038245

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

Created: 04/12/2017 16:58
Updated: 11/28/2022 18:29
Changes: 04/12/2017 16:58 (86), 06/05/2020 17:35 (3), 11/28/2022 18:20 (4), 11/28/2022 18:29 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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