Vulnerabilities > CVE-2005-1987 - Classic Buffer Overflow vulnerability in Microsoft products
Attack vector
UNKNOWN Attack complexity
UNKNOWN Privileges required
UNKNOWN Confidentiality impact
UNKNOWN Integrity impact
UNKNOWN Availability impact
UNKNOWN Summary
Buffer overflow in Collaboration Data Objects (CDO), as used in Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Exchange Server, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code when CDOSYS or CDOEX processes an e-mail message with a large header name, as demonstrated using the "Content-Type" string.
Vulnerable Configurations
| Part | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Application | 1 | |
| OS | 9 |
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_MS05-048.NASL |
| description | An unchecked buffer condition could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code on the remote host. To execute this flaw, an attacker would need to send a malformed message via SMTP to the remote host, either by using the SMTP server (if Exchange is installed) or by sending an email to a user on the remote host. When the email is processed by CDO, an unchecked buffer may allow cause code execution. |
| last seen | 2020-06-01 |
| modified | 2020-06-02 |
| plugin id | 20001 |
| published | 2005-10-11 |
| reporter | This script is Copyright (C) 2005-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc. |
| source | https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/20001 |
| title | MS05-048: Vulnerability in the Microsoft Collaboration Data Objects Could Allow Remote Code Execution (907245) |
| code | |
Oval
accepted 2011-05-16T04:00:21.543-04:00 class vulnerability contributors name Robert L. Hollis organization ThreatGuard, Inc. name Jonathan Baker organization The MITRE Corporation name Shane Shaffer organization G2, Inc. name Sudhir Gandhe organization Telos name Shane Shaffer organization G2, Inc.
description Buffer overflow in Collaboration Data Objects (CDO), as used in Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Exchange Server, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code when CDOSYS or CDOEX processes an e-mail message with a large header name, as demonstrated using the "Content-Type" string. family windows id oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1130 status accepted submitted 2005-10-12T12:00:00.000-04:00 title Buffer Overflow in CDOSYS Message Processing (Server 2003) version 69 accepted 2014-09-29T04:00:08.199-04:00 class vulnerability contributors name Robert L. Hollis organization ThreatGuard, Inc. name Shane Shaffer organization G2, Inc. name Dragos Prisaca organization G2, Inc. name Evgeniy Pavlov organization ALTX-SOFT
description Buffer overflow in Collaboration Data Objects (CDO), as used in Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Exchange Server, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code when CDOSYS or CDOEX processes an e-mail message with a large header name, as demonstrated using the "Content-Type" string. family windows id oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1201 status accepted submitted 2005-10-12T12:00:00.000-04:00 title Buffer Overflow in CDOEX Message Processing version 79 accepted 2011-05-16T04:00:55.373-04:00 class vulnerability contributors name Robert L. Hollis organization ThreatGuard, Inc. name Shane Shaffer organization G2, Inc. name Sudhir Gandhe organization Telos name Shane Shaffer organization G2, Inc.
description Buffer overflow in Collaboration Data Objects (CDO), as used in Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Exchange Server, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code when CDOSYS or CDOEX processes an e-mail message with a large header name, as demonstrated using the "Content-Type" string. family windows id oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1406 status accepted submitted 2005-10-12T12:00:00.000-04:00 title Buffer Overflow in CDOSYS Message Processing (WinXP,SP1) version 68 accepted 2011-05-16T04:00:57.283-04:00 class vulnerability contributors name Robert L. Hollis organization ThreatGuard, Inc. name John Hoyland organization Centennial Software name Shane Shaffer organization G2, Inc. name Sudhir Gandhe organization Telos name Shane Shaffer organization G2, Inc.
description Buffer overflow in Collaboration Data Objects (CDO), as used in Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Exchange Server, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code when CDOSYS or CDOEX processes an e-mail message with a large header name, as demonstrated using the "Content-Type" string. family windows id oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1420 status accepted submitted 2005-10-12T12:00:00.000-04:00 title Buffer Overflow in CDOSYS Message Processing (Win2K,SP4) version 69 accepted 2011-05-16T04:01:11.512-04:00 class vulnerability contributors name Robert L. Hollis organization ThreatGuard, Inc. name Dragos Prisaca organization Gideon Technologies, Inc. name Shane Shaffer organization G2, Inc. name Sudhir Gandhe organization Telos name Shane Shaffer organization G2, Inc.
description Buffer overflow in Collaboration Data Objects (CDO), as used in Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Exchange Server, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code when CDOSYS or CDOEX processes an e-mail message with a large header name, as demonstrated using the "Content-Type" string. family windows id oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1515 status accepted submitted 2005-10-12T12:00:00.000-04:00 title Buffer Overflow in CDOSYS Message Processing (WinXP,SP2) version 69 accepted 2011-05-16T04:03:13.817-04:00 class vulnerability contributors name Robert L. Hollis organization ThreatGuard, Inc. name Shane Shaffer organization G2, Inc. name Sudhir Gandhe organization Telos name Shane Shaffer organization G2, Inc.
description Buffer overflow in Collaboration Data Objects (CDO), as used in Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Exchange Server, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code when CDOSYS or CDOEX processes an e-mail message with a large header name, as demonstrated using the "Content-Type" string. family windows id oval:org.mitre.oval:def:581 status accepted submitted 2005-10-12T12:00:00.000-04:00 title Buffer Overflow in CDOSYS Message Processing (Server 2003,SP1) version 68 accepted 2011-05-16T04:03:32.681-04:00 class vulnerability contributors name Robert L. Hollis organization ThreatGuard, Inc. name Shane Shaffer organization G2, Inc. name Sudhir Gandhe organization Telos name Shane Shaffer organization G2, Inc.
description Buffer overflow in Collaboration Data Objects (CDO), as used in Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Exchange Server, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code when CDOSYS or CDOEX processes an e-mail message with a large header name, as demonstrated using the "Content-Type" string. family windows id oval:org.mitre.oval:def:848 status accepted submitted 2005-10-12T12:00:00.000-04:00 title Buffer Overflow in CDOSYS Message Processing (64-bit WinXP,SP1) version 68
References
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA05-284A.html
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/883460
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015038
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015039
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15067
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17167
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2005-10/0289.html
- http://www.osvdb.org/19905
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112915118302012&w=2
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22495
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A848
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- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2005/ms05-048
- http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb%3B%5BLN%5D%3BQ907245