18605 : Microsoft Windows Plug-and-Play Service Remote Overflow
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26 days ago

Percent Complete

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Disclosure

Aug 09, 2005

Discovery

Unknown

Dates

Exploit

Aug 11, 2005

Solution

Unknown

Keywords

worm

Description

A remote overflow exists in Windows. The Plug and Play Service fails to validate the length of a message resulting in a buffer overflow. With a specially crafted request, an attacker can cause arbitrary code execution resulting in a loss of integrity.

Classification

Location: Local Access Required, Remote/Network Access Required
Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Solution: Patch
Exploit: Exploit Available
Disclosure: OSVDB Verified

Technical

Microsoft claims that this vulnerability is a local privilege escalation on Windows XP and Windows Server 2003, due to the affected component being remotely available only to administrative users.

Solution

Currently, there are no known workarounds or upgrades to correct this issue. However, Microsoft has released a patch to address this vulnerability.

Products

Microsoft Corporation
Watch-list
Windows
Watch-list
2000 SP4
XP SP1
XP SP2
XP Professional x64 Edition
Windows Server
Watch-list
2003
2003 SP1
2003 for Itanium
2003 for Itanium SP1
2003 x64 Edition

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  • Neel Mehta - Internet Security Systems

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