BID:14513

Microsoft Windows Plug and Play Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Info

Microsoft Windows Plug and Play Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	14513
Class:	Boundary Condition Error
CVE:	CVE-2005-1983
Remote:	Yes
Local:	Yes
Published:	Aug 09 2005 12:00AM
Updated:	Mar 13 2008 06:21PM
Credit:	Discovery is credited to Neel Mehta of ISS X-Force.
Vulnerable:	Microsoft Windows XP Tablet PC Edition SP2 Microsoft Windows XP Tablet PC Edition SP1 Microsoft Windows XP Tablet PC Edition Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP2 Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP1 Microsoft Windows XP Professional Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition SP2 Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition SP1 Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition Microsoft Windows XP Home SP2 Microsoft Windows XP Home SP1 Microsoft Windows XP Home Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Web Edition SP1 Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Web Edition Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard x64 Edition Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition SP1 Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise x64 Edition Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition Itanium SP1 Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition Itanium 0 Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition SP1 Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter x64 Edition Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition Itanium SP1 Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition Itanium 0 Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition SP1 Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition Microsoft Windows 2000 Server SP4 Microsoft Windows 2000 Server SP3 Microsoft Windows 2000 Server SP2 Microsoft Windows 2000 Server SP1 Microsoft Windows 2000 Server + Avaya DefinityOne Media Servers + Avaya IP600 Media Servers + Avaya S3400 Message Application Server 0 + Avaya S8100 Media Servers 0 Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP4 Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP3 Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP2 Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP1 Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server SP4 Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server SP3 Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server SP2 Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server SP1 Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP4 Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP3 Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP2 Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP1 Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server Cisco Web Collaboration Option Cisco Unity Server 4.0 Cisco Unity Server 3.3 Cisco Unity Server 3.2 Cisco Unity Server 3.1 Cisco Unity Server 3.0 Cisco Unity Server 2.46 Cisco Unity Server 2.4 Cisco Unity Server 2.3 Cisco Unity Server 2.2 Cisco Unity Server 2.1 Cisco Unity Server 2.0 Cisco Transport Manager Cisco Trailhead Cisco Support Tools Cisco SN5400 series storage routers Cisco Remote Monitoring Suite Option Cisco Personal Assistant 1.4 (2) Cisco Personal Assistant 1.4 (1) Cisco Personal Assistant 1.3 (4) Cisco Personal Assistant 1.3 (3) Cisco Personal Assistant 1.3 (2) Cisco Personal Assistant 1.3 (1) Cisco Outbound Option Cisco Networking Services for Active Directory Cisco Media Blender Cisco IP/VC 3540 Video Rate Matching Module Cisco IP/VC 3540 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Not Vulnerable:	Microsoft Windows ME Microsoft Windows 98SE Microsoft Windows 98

Discussion

Microsoft Windows Plug and Play Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Microsoft Windows Plug and Play (PnP) is prone to a buffer-overflow vulnerability.

This issue takes place when the PnP service handles malformed messages containing excessive data.

This vulnerability may allow local attackers to escalate privileges and remote attackers to gain unauthorized access, depending on the underlying operating system. A successful attack may allow arbitrary code to run, resulting in the attacker gaining SYSTEM privileges.

UPDATE (8/23/2005): While investigating this vulnerability, the DeepSight Threat Analyst Team has been able to carry out anonymous remote exploitation against certain nondefault configurations of Windows XP SP1. The attack vector appears when the "Guest" account is both enabled and removed from the "Deny access to this computer from the network" entry in the "User Rights Assignment" Security Policy. This can happen when Simple File and Print Sharing has been enabled, for example by sharing a folder or a printer with the local network. Note that Simple File and Print Sharing is available only on Windows XP machines that are not part of a Windows Active Directory Domain. However, configuring a Windows XP SP1 host to share network resources prior to joining an Active Directory Domain will leave it in the vulnerable state even after the Domain is joined.

Note also that Windows XP SP2 is not prone to this exploitation method. Furthermore, there is no change to Microsoft Security Bulletin MS05-039. Customers who have deployed this update are protected from this issue.

In light of this finding, Microsoft has issued new information regarding the patch for the Microsoft Windows Plug and Play Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (see Security Bulletin 906574: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/906574.mspx).

Exploit / POC

Microsoft Windows Plug and Play Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

The researchers responsible for discovering this issue have developed exploit code.

Core Security Technologies has developed a working commercial exploit for its CORE IMPACT product. This exploit is not otherwise publicly available or known to be circulating in the wild.

The following exploits are available:

/data/vulnerabilities/exploits/Win2000-MS05-039.c
/data/vulnerabilities/exploits/HOD-ms05039-pnp-expl.c

Solution / Fix

Microsoft Windows Plug and Play Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Solution:
Microsoft has released fixes to address this vulnerability in supported platforms.

Cisco has release a security notice detailing their mitigation recommendations with regard to this vulnerability.

Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition SP1