Vulnerabilities > CVE-2004-0123 - Improper Restriction of Operations Within the Bounds of A Memory Buffer vulnerability in Microsoft products
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
PARTIAL Integrity impact
PARTIAL Availability impact
PARTIAL Summary
Double free vulnerability in the ASN.1 library as used in Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code.
Vulnerable Configurations
| Part | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| OS | 7 |
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.
Oval
accepted 2011-05-16T04:00:09.974-04:00 class vulnerability contributors name David Proulx organization The MITRE Corporation name Christine Walzer organization The MITRE Corporation name Shane Shaffer organization G2, Inc. name Sudhir Gandhe organization Telos name Shane Shaffer organization G2, Inc.
description Double free vulnerability in the ASN.1 library as used in Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code. family windows id oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1007 status accepted submitted 2004-04-13T12:00:00.000-04:00 title Windows XP ASN.1 Library Double-free Memory Corruption Vulnerability version 71 accepted 2008-03-24T04:00:11.998-04:00 class vulnerability contributors name David Proulx organization The MITRE Corporation name Jonathan Baker organization The MITRE Corporation
definition_extensions comment Microsoft Windows NT is installed oval oval:org.mitre.oval:def:36 description Double free vulnerability in the ASN.1 library as used in Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code. family windows id oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1076 status accepted submitted 2004-04-13T12:00:00.000-04:00 title Windows NT/2000 ASN.1 Library Double-free Memory Corruption Vulnerability version 71 accepted 2004-05-25T12:00:00.000-04:00 class vulnerability contributors name David Proulx organization The MITRE Corporation description Double free vulnerability in the ASN.1 library as used in Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code. family windows id oval:org.mitre.oval:def:924 status accepted submitted 2004-04-13T12:00:00.000-04:00 title Windows Server 2003 ASN.1 Library Double-free Memory Corruption Vulnerability version 64
References
- http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/o-114.shtml
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/255924
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10118
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA04-104A.html
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2004/ms04-011
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15713
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1007
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1076
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A924