Vulnerabilities > CVE-2003-0903 - Improper Restriction of Operations Within the Bounds of A Memory Buffer vulnerability in Microsoft Data Access Components
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
COMPLETE Integrity impact
COMPLETE Availability impact
COMPLETE Summary
Buffer overflow in a component of Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC) 2.5 through 2.8 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed UDP response to a broadcast request.
Vulnerable Configurations
| Part | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Application | 4 |
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
- Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables This attack pattern involves causing a buffer overflow through manipulation of environment variables. Once the attacker finds that they can modify an environment variable, they may try to overflow associated buffers. This attack leverages implicit trust often placed in environment variables.
- Overflow Buffers Buffer Overflow attacks target improper or missing bounds checking on buffer operations, typically triggered by input injected by an attacker. As a consequence, an attacker is able to write past the boundaries of allocated buffer regions in memory, causing a program crash or potentially redirection of execution as per the attackers' choice.
- Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow This type of attack exploits a buffer overflow vulnerability in targeted client software through injection of malicious content from a custom-built hostile service.
- Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow In this attack, the idea is to cause an active filter to fail by causing an oversized transaction. An attacker may try to feed overly long input strings to the program in an attempt to overwhelm the filter (by causing a buffer overflow) and hoping that the filter does not fail securely (i.e. the user input is let into the system unfiltered).
- MIME Conversion An attacker exploits a weakness in the MIME conversion routine to cause a buffer overflow and gain control over the mail server machine. The MIME system is designed to allow various different information formats to be interpreted and sent via e-mail. Attack points exist when data are converted to MIME compatible format and back.
Nessus
| NASL family | Windows : Microsoft Bulletins |
| NASL id | SMB_NT_MS04-003.NASL |
| description | The remote Microsoft Data Access Component (MDAC) server is vulnerable to a flaw that could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code on this host, provided he can simulate responses from a SQL server. To exploit this flaw, an attacker would need to wait for a host running a vulnerable MDAC implementation to send a broadcast query. He would then need to send a malicious packet pretending to come from a SQL server. |
| last seen | 2020-06-01 |
| modified | 2020-06-02 |
| plugin id | 11990 |
| published | 2004-01-13 |
| reporter | This script is Copyright (C) 2003-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc. |
| source | https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/11990 |
| title | MS04-003: MDAC Buffer Overflow (832483) |
| code | |
Oval
accepted 2007-11-13T12:01:18.770-05:00 class vulnerability contributors name Christine Walzer organization The MITRE Corporation name Jeff Cheng organization Opsware, Inc.
description Buffer overflow in a component of Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC) 2.5 through 2.8 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed UDP response to a broadcast request. family windows id oval:org.mitre.oval:def:525 status accepted submitted 2004-01-13T12:00:00.000-04:00 title Microsoft Data Access Components 2.5 Broadcast Response Buffer Overflow version 65 accepted 2007-11-13T12:01:19.427-05:00 class vulnerability contributors name Christine Walzer organization The MITRE Corporation name Jeff Cheng organization Opsware, Inc.
description Buffer overflow in a component of Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC) 2.5 through 2.8 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed UDP response to a broadcast request. family windows id oval:org.mitre.oval:def:553 status accepted submitted 2004-01-13T12:00:00.000-04:00 title Microsoft Data Access Components 2.6 Broadcast Response Buffer Overflow version 65 accepted 2007-11-13T12:01:20.986-05:00 class vulnerability contributors name Christine Walzer organization The MITRE Corporation name Jeff Cheng organization Opsware, Inc.
description Buffer overflow in a component of Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC) 2.5 through 2.8 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed UDP response to a broadcast request. family windows id oval:org.mitre.oval:def:751 status accepted submitted 2004-01-13T12:00:00.000-04:00 title Microsoft Data Access Components 2.7 Broadcast Response Buffer Overflow version 65 accepted 2007-11-13T12:01:21.491-05:00 class vulnerability contributors name Christine Walzer organization The MITRE Corporation name Jeff Cheng organization Opsware, Inc. name Jeff Cheng organization Opsware, Inc.
description Buffer overflow in a component of Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC) 2.5 through 2.8 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed UDP response to a broadcast request. family windows id oval:org.mitre.oval:def:775 status accepted submitted 2004-01-13T12:00:00.000-04:00 title Microsoft Data Access Components 2.8 Broadcast Response Buffer Overflow version 66
References
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/139150
- http://www.osvdb.org/3457
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9407
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2004/ms04-003
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/14187
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A525
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A553
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A751
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A775