18605 : Microsoft Windows Plug-and-Play Service Remote Overflow
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Last Modified
8 months ago

Percent Complete
100%

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
Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Solution: Patch / RCS
Exploit: Exploit Public
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

References

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Credit
  • Neel Mehta -   -

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 10.0
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2005-08-10 | Disagree?

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