Vulnerabilities > CVE-2008-5416 - Improper Restriction of Operations Within the Bounds of A Memory Buffer vulnerability in Microsoft SQL Server 2000/2005
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
SINGLE Confidentiality impact
COMPLETE Integrity impact
COMPLETE Availability impact
COMPLETE Summary
Heap-based buffer overflow in Microsoft SQL Server 2000 SP4, 8.00.2050, 8.00.2039, and earlier; SQL Server 2000 Desktop Engine (MSDE 2000) SP4; SQL Server 2005 SP2 and 9.00.1399.06; SQL Server 2000 Desktop Engine (WMSDE) on Windows Server 2003 SP1 and SP2; and Windows Internal Database (WYukon) SP2 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (access violation exception) or execute arbitrary code by calling the sp_replwritetovarbin extended stored procedure with a set of invalid parameters that trigger memory overwrite, aka "SQL Server sp_replwritetovarbin Limited Memory Overwrite Vulnerability."
Vulnerable Configurations
| Part | Description | Count |
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| Application | 2 |
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.
Exploit-Db
description Microsoft SQL Server sp_replwritetovarbin() Heap Overflow Exploit. CVE-2008-4270,CVE-2008-5416. Local exploit for windows platform file exploits/windows/local/7501.asp id EDB-ID:7501 last seen 2016-02-01 modified 2008-12-17 platform windows port published 2008-12-17 reporter Guido Landi source https://www.exploit-db.com/download/7501/ title Microsoft SQL Server sp_replwritetovarbin Heap Overflow Exploit type local description Microsoft SQL Server sp_replwritetovarbin Memory Corruption via SQL Injection. CVE-2008-5416. Remote exploit for windows platform id EDB-ID:16396 last seen 2016-02-01 modified 2011-02-08 published 2011-02-08 reporter metasploit source https://www.exploit-db.com/download/16396/ title Microsoft SQL Server sp_replwritetovarbin Memory Corruption via SQL Injection description Microsoft SQL Server sp_replwritetovarbin Memory Corruption. CVE-2008-5416. Remote exploit for windows platform id EDB-ID:16392 last seen 2016-02-01 modified 2011-01-24 published 2011-01-24 reporter metasploit source https://www.exploit-db.com/download/16392/ title Microsoft SQL Server sp_replwritetovarbin Memory Corruption
Metasploit
description A heap-based buffer overflow can occur when calling the undocumented "sp_replwritetovarbin" extended stored procedure. This vulnerability affects all versions of Microsoft SQL Server 2000 and 2005, Windows Internal Database, and Microsoft Desktop Engine (MSDE) without the updates supplied in MS09-004. Microsoft patched this vulnerability in SP3 for 2005 without any public mention. An authenticated database session is required to access the vulnerable code. That said, it is possible to access the vulnerable code via an SQL injection vulnerability. This exploit smashes several pointers, as shown below. 1\. pointer to a 32-bit value that is set to 0 2\. pointer to a 32-bit value that is set to a length influenced by the buffer length. 3\. pointer to a 32-bit value that is used as a vtable pointer. In MSSQL 2000, this value is referenced with a displacement of 0x38. For MSSQL 2005, the displacement is 0x10. The address of our buffer is conveniently stored in ecx when this instruction is executed. 4\. On MSSQL 2005, an additional vtable ptr is smashed, which is referenced with a displacement of 4. This pointer is not used by this exploit. This particular exploit replaces the previous dual-method exploit. It uses a technique where the value contained in ecx becomes the stack. From there, return oriented programming is used to normalize the execution state and finally execute the payload via a "jmp esp". All addresses used were found within the sqlservr.exe memory space, yielding very reliable code execution using only a single query. NOTE: The MSSQL server service does not automatically restart by default. That said, some exceptions are caught and will not result in terminating the process. If the exploit crashes the service prior to hijacking the stack, it won't die. Otherwise, it's a goner. id MSF:EXPLOIT/WINDOWS/MSSQL/MS09_004_SP_REPLWRITETOVARBIN last seen 2020-05-26 modified 2017-09-14 published 2009-12-31 references https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-5416 reporter Rapid7 source https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master//modules/exploits/windows/mssql/ms09_004_sp_replwritetovarbin.rb title MS09-004 Microsoft SQL Server sp_replwritetovarbin Memory Corruption description A heap-based buffer overflow can occur when calling the undocumented "sp_replwritetovarbin" extended stored procedure. This vulnerability affects all versions of Microsoft SQL Server 2000 and 2005, Windows Internal Database, and Microsoft Desktop Engine (MSDE) without the updates supplied in MS09-004. Microsoft patched this vulnerability in SP3 for 2005 without any public mention. This exploit smashes several pointers, as shown below. 1\. pointer to a 32-bit value that is set to 0 2\. pointer to a 32-bit value that is set to a length influenced by the buffer length. 3\. pointer to a 32-bit value that is used as a vtable pointer. In MSSQL 2000, this value is referenced with a displacement of 0x38. For MSSQL 2005, the displacement is 0x10. The address of our buffer is conveniently stored in ecx when this instruction is executed. 4\. On MSSQL 2005, an additional vtable ptr is smashed, which is referenced with a displacement of 4. This pointer is not used by this exploit. This particular exploit replaces the previous dual-method exploit. It uses a technique where the value contained in ecx becomes the stack. From there, return oriented programming is used to normalize the execution state and finally execute the payload via a "jmp esp". All addresses used were found within the sqlservr.exe memory space, yielding very reliable code execution using only a single query. NOTE: The MSSQL server service does not automatically restart by default. That said, some exceptions are caught and will not result in terminating the process. If the exploit crashes the service prior to hijacking the stack, it won't die. Otherwise, it's a goner. id MSF:EXPLOIT/WINDOWS/MSSQL/MS09_004_SP_REPLWRITETOVARBIN_SQLI last seen 2020-03-23 modified 2017-09-14 published 2011-01-24 references reporter Rapid7 source https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master//modules/exploits/windows/mssql/ms09_004_sp_replwritetovarbin_sqli.rb title MS09-004 Microsoft SQL Server sp_replwritetovarbin Memory Corruption via SQL Injection
Msbulletin
| bulletin_id | MS09-004 |
| bulletin_url | |
| date | 2009-02-10T00:00:00 |
| impact | Remote Code Execution |
| knowledgebase_id | 959420 |
| knowledgebase_url | |
| severity | Important |
| title | Vulnerability in Microsoft SQL Server Could Allow Remote Code Execution |
Nessus
NASL family VMware ESX Local Security Checks NASL id VMWARE_VMSA-2011-0003.NASL description a. vCenter Server and vCenter Update Manager update Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express Edition to Service Pack 3 Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express Edition (SQL Express) distributed with vCenter Server 4.1 Update 1 and vCenter Update Manager 4.1 Update 1 is upgraded from SQL Express Service Pack 2 to SQL Express Service Pack 3, to address multiple security issues that exist in the earlier releases of Microsoft SQL Express. Customers using other database solutions need not update for these issues. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the names CVE-2008-5416, CVE-2008-0085, CVE-2008-0086, CVE-2008-0107 and CVE-2008-0106 to the issues addressed in MS SQL Express Service Pack 3. b. vCenter Apache Tomcat Management Application Credential Disclosure The Apache Tomcat Manager application configuration file contains logon credentials that can be read by unprivileged local users. The issue is resolved by removing the Manager application in vCenter 4.1 Update 1. If vCenter 4.1 is updated to vCenter 4.1 Update 1 the logon credentials are not present in the configuration file after the update. VMware would like to thank Claudio Criscione of Secure Networking for reporting this issue to us. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures Project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2010-2928 to this issue. c. vCenter Server and ESX, Oracle (Sun) JRE is updated to version 1.6.0_21 Oracle (Sun) JRE update to version 1.6.0_21, which addresses multiple security issues that existed in earlier releases of Oracle (Sun) JRE. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the following names to the security issues fixed in Oracle (Sun) JRE 1.6.0_19: CVE-2009-3555, CVE-2010-0082, CVE-2010-0084, CVE-2010-0085, CVE-2010-0087, CVE-2010-0088, CVE-2010-0089, CVE-2010-0090, CVE-2010-0091, CVE-2010-0092, CVE-2010-0093, CVE-2010-0094, CVE-2010-0095, CVE-2010-0837, CVE-2010-0838, CVE-2010-0839, CVE-2010-0840, CVE-2010-0841, CVE-2010-0842, CVE-2010-0843, CVE-2010-0844, CVE-2010-0845, CVE-2010-0846, CVE-2010-0847, CVE-2010-0848, CVE-2010-0849, CVE-2010-0850. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the following name to the security issue fixed in Oracle (Sun) JRE 1.6.0_20: CVE-2010-0886. d. vCenter Update Manager Oracle (Sun) JRE is updated to version 1.5.0_26 Oracle (Sun) JRE update to version 1.5.0_26, which addresses multiple security issues that existed in earlier releases of Oracle (Sun) JRE. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the following names to the security issues fixed in Oracle (Sun) JRE 1.5.0_26: CVE-2010-3556, CVE-2010-3566, CVE-2010-3567, CVE-2010-3550, CVE-2010-3561, CVE-2010-3573, CVE-2010-3565,CVE-2010-3568, CVE-2010-3569, CVE-2009-3555, CVE-2010-1321, CVE-2010-3548, CVE-2010-3551, CVE-2010-3562, CVE-2010-3571, CVE-2010-3554, CVE-2010-3559, CVE-2010-3572, CVE-2010-3553, CVE-2010-3549, CVE-2010-3557, CVE-2010-3541, CVE-2010-3574. e. vCenter Server and ESX Apache Tomcat updated to version 6.0.28 Apache Tomcat updated to version 6.0.28, which addresses multiple security issues that existed in earlier releases of Apache Tomcat The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the following names to the security issues fixed in Apache Tomcat 6.0.24: CVE-2009-2693, CVE-2009-2901, CVE-2009-2902,i and CVE-2009-3548. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the following names to the security issues fixed in Apache Tomcat 6.0.28: CVE-2010-2227, CVE-2010-1157. f. vCenter Server third-party component OpenSSL updated to version 0.9.8n The version of the OpenSSL library in vCenter Server is updated to 0.9.8n. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the names CVE-2010-0740 and CVE-2010-0433 to the issues addressed in this version of OpenSSL. g. ESX third-party component OpenSSL updated to version 0.9.8p The version of the ESX OpenSSL library is updated to 0.9.8p. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the names CVE-2010-3864 and CVE-2010-2939 to the issues addressed in this update. h. ESXi third-party component cURL updated The version of cURL library in ESXi is updated. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2010-0734 to the issues addressed in this update. i. ESX third-party component pam_krb5 updated The version of pam_krb5 library is updated. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the names CVE-2008-3825 and CVE-2009-1384 to the issues addressed in the update. j. ESX third-party update for Service Console kernel The Service Console kernel is updated to include kernel version 2.6.18-194.11.1. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the names CVE-2010-1084, CVE-2010-2066, CVE-2010-2070, CVE-2010-2226, CVE-2010-2248, CVE-2010-2521, CVE-2010-2524, CVE-2010-0008, CVE-2010-0415, CVE-2010-0437, CVE-2009-4308, CVE-2010-0003, CVE-2010-0007, CVE-2010-0307, CVE-2010-1086, CVE-2010-0410, CVE-2010-0730, CVE-2010-1085, CVE-2010-0291, CVE-2010-0622, CVE-2010-1087, CVE-2010-1173, CVE-2010-1437, CVE-2010-1088, CVE-2010-1187, CVE-2010-1436, CVE-2010-1641, and CVE-2010-3081 to the issues addressed in the update. Notes : - The update also addresses the 64-bit compatibility mode stack pointer underflow issue identified by CVE-2010-3081. This issue was patched in an ESX 4.1 patch prior to the release of ESX 4.1 Update 1 and in a previous ESX 4.0 patch release. - The update also addresses CVE-2010-2240 for ESX 4.0. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 51971 published 2011-02-14 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2011-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/51971 title VMSA-2011-0003 : Third-party component updates for VMware vCenter Server, vCenter Update Manager, ESXi and ESX NASL family Windows NASL id SMB_KB959420.NASL description The remote Windows host is running a version of Microsoft SQL Server, Desktop Engine, or Internal Database that is affected by a remote code execution vulnerability in the sp_replwritetovarbin() stored procedure due to a failure to check invalid parameters. An authenticated, remote attacker can exploit this, via specially crafted request, to cause the execution of arbitrary code. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 35635 published 2009-02-11 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2009-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/35635 title MS09-004: Vulnerability in Microsoft SQL Server Could Allow Remote Code Execution (959420) (uncredentialed check) NASL family Misc. NASL id VMWARE_VMSA-2011-0003_REMOTE.NASL description The remote VMware ESX / ESXi host is missing a security-related patch. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities, including remote code execution vulnerabilities, in several third-party components and libraries : - Apache Tomcat - Apache Tomcat Manager - cURL - Java Runtime Environment (JRE) - Kernel - Microsoft SQL Express - OpenSSL - pam_krb5 last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 89674 published 2016-03-04 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2016-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/89674 title VMware ESX / ESXi Third-Party Libraries Multiple Vulnerabilities (VMSA-2011-0003) (remote check) NASL family Windows : Microsoft Bulletins NASL id SMB_NT_MS09-004.NASL description The remote host is running a version of Microsoft SQL Server, Desktop Engine or Internal Database that suffers from an authenticated, remote code execution vulnerability in the extended stored procedure last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 35632 published 2009-02-11 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2009-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/35632 title MS09-004: Vulnerability in Microsoft SQL Server Could Allow Remote Code Execution (959420)
Oval
| accepted | 2013-10-07T04:11:53.587-04:00 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| description | Heap-based buffer overflow in Microsoft SQL Server 2000 SP4, 8.00.2050, 8.00.2039, and earlier; SQL Server 2000 Desktop Engine (MSDE 2000) SP4; SQL Server 2005 SP2 and 9.00.1399.06; SQL Server 2000 Desktop Engine (WMSDE) on Windows Server 2003 SP1 and SP2; and Windows Internal Database (WYukon) SP2 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (access violation exception) or execute arbitrary code by calling the sp_replwritetovarbin extended stored procedure with a set of invalid parameters that trigger memory overwrite, aka "SQL Server sp_replwritetovarbin Limited Memory Overwrite Vulnerability." | ||||||||||||||||||||
| family | windows | ||||||||||||||||||||
| id | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6217 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| status | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||
| submitted | 2009-02-10T16:00:00 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| title | SQL Server sp_replwritetovarbin Limited Memory Overwrite Vulnerability | ||||||||||||||||||||
| version | 15 |
Packetstorm
data source https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/download/97810/ms09_004_sp_replwritetovarbin_sqli.rb.txt id PACKETSTORM:97810 last seen 2016-12-05 published 2011-01-24 reporter Rodrigo Marcos source https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/97810/Microsoft-SQL-Server-sp_replwritetovarbin-Memory-Corruption-via-SQL-Injection.html title Microsoft SQL Server sp_replwritetovarbin Memory Corruption via SQL Injection data source https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/download/84823/ms09_004_sp_replwritetovarbin.rb.txt id PACKETSTORM:84823 last seen 2016-12-05 published 2010-01-05 reporter jduck source https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/84823/Microsoft-SQL-Server-sp_replwritetovarbin-Memory-Corruption.html title Microsoft SQL Server sp_replwritetovarbin Memory Corruption
Saint
| bid | 32710 |
| description | Microsoft SQL Server spreplwritetovarbin Buffer Overflow |
| id | database_mssql_mssql |
| osvdb | 50917 |
| title | ms_sql_spreplwritetovarbin |
| type | remote |
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2008-12/0304.html
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- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7501