Vulnerabilities > CVE-2012-0151 - Improper Input Validation vulnerability in Microsoft products

047910
CVSS 0.0 - NONE
Attack vector
UNKNOWN
Attack complexity
UNKNOWN
Privileges required
UNKNOWN
Confidentiality impact
UNKNOWN
Integrity impact
UNKNOWN
Availability impact
UNKNOWN

Summary

The Authenticode Signature Verification function in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2, R2, and R2 SP1, Windows 7 Gold and SP1, and Windows 8 Consumer Preview does not properly validate the digest of a signed portable executable (PE) file, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a modified file with additional content, aka "WinVerifyTrust Signature Validation Vulnerability."

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.
  • Server Side Include (SSI) Injection
    An attacker can use Server Side Include (SSI) Injection to send code to a web application that then gets executed by the web server. Doing so enables the attacker to achieve similar results to Cross Site Scripting, viz., arbitrary code execution and information disclosure, albeit on a more limited scale, since the SSI directives are nowhere near as powerful as a full-fledged scripting language. Nonetheless, the attacker can conveniently gain access to sensitive files, such as password files, and execute shell commands.
  • Cross Zone Scripting
    An attacker is able to cause a victim to load content into their web-browser that bypasses security zone controls and gain access to increased privileges to execute scripting code or other web objects such as unsigned ActiveX controls or applets. This is a privilege elevation attack targeted at zone-based web-browser security. In a zone-based model, pages belong to one of a set of zones corresponding to the level of privilege assigned to that page. Pages in an untrusted zone would have a lesser level of access to the system and/or be restricted in the types of executable content it was allowed to invoke. In a cross-zone scripting attack, a page that should be assigned to a less privileged zone is granted the privileges of a more trusted zone. This can be accomplished by exploiting bugs in the browser, exploiting incorrect configuration in the zone controls, through a cross-site scripting attack that causes the attackers' content to be treated as coming from a more trusted page, or by leveraging some piece of system functionality that is accessible from both the trusted and less trusted zone. This attack differs from "Restful Privilege Escalation" in that the latter correlates to the inadequate securing of RESTful access methods (such as HTTP DELETE) on the server, while cross-zone scripting attacks the concept of security zones as implemented by a browser.
  • Cross Site Scripting through Log Files
    An attacker may leverage a system weakness where logs are susceptible to log injection to insert scripts into the system's logs. If these logs are later viewed by an administrator through a thin administrative interface and the log data is not properly HTML encoded before being written to the page, the attackers' scripts stored in the log will be executed in the administrative interface with potentially serious consequences. This attack pattern is really a combination of two other attack patterns: log injection and stored cross site scripting.
  • Command Line Execution through SQL Injection
    An attacker uses standard SQL injection methods to inject data into the command line for execution. This could be done directly through misuse of directives such as MSSQL_xp_cmdshell or indirectly through injection of data into the database that would be interpreted as shell commands. Sometime later, an unscrupulous backend application (or could be part of the functionality of the same application) fetches the injected data stored in the database and uses this data as command line arguments without performing proper validation. The malicious data escapes that data plane by spawning new commands to be executed on the host.

Msbulletin

bulletin_idMS12-024
bulletin_url
date2012-04-12T00:00:00
impactRemote Code Execution
knowledgebase_id2653956
knowledgebase_url
severityCritical
titleVulnerability in Windows Could Allow Remote Code Execution

Nessus

NASL familyWindows : Microsoft Bulletins
NASL idSMB_NT_MS12-024.NASL
descriptionThe version of Windows running on the remote host has vulnerabilities in the Windows Authenticode Signature mechanism. Modifying an existing signed executable can result in arbitrary code execution. A remote attacker could exploit this by tricking a user into executing or opening a maliciously crafted file.
last seen2020-06-01
modified2020-06-02
plugin id58656
published2012-04-11
reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2012-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/58656
titleMS12-024: Vulnerability in Windows Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2653956)
code
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#


include("compat.inc");


if (description)
{
  script_id(58656);
  script_version("1.15");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/03/27 13:17:51");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2012-0151");
  script_bugtraq_id(52868);
  script_xref(name:"IAVA", value:"2012-A-0060");
  script_xref(name:"MSFT", value:"MS12-024");
  script_xref(name:"MSKB", value:"2653956");

  script_name(english:"MS12-024: Vulnerability in Windows Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2653956)");
  script_summary(english:"Checks the versions of wintrust.dll");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis",
    value:"The remote Windows host has a code execution vulnerability."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description",
    value:
"The version of Windows running on the remote host has vulnerabilities
in the Windows Authenticode Signature mechanism.  Modifying an
existing signed executable can result in arbitrary code execution.

A remote attacker could exploit this by tricking a user into executing
or opening a maliciously crafted file."
  );
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/SecurityBulletins/2012/ms12-024");
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution",
    value:
"Microsoft has released a set of patches for Windows XP, 2003,
Vista, 2008, 7, and 2008 R2."
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploited_by_malware", value:"true");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2012/04/10");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2012/04/10");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2012/04/11");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:microsoft:windows");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"stig_severity", value:"II");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"Windows : Microsoft Bulletins");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2012-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");

  script_dependencies("smb_hotfixes.nasl", "ms_bulletin_checks_possible.nasl");
  script_require_keys("SMB/MS_Bulletin_Checks/Possible");
  script_require_ports(139, 445, "Host/patch_management_checks");

  exit(0);
}

include("audit.inc");
include("smb_func.inc");
include("smb_hotfixes.inc");
include("smb_hotfixes_fcheck.inc");
include("misc_func.inc");

get_kb_item_or_exit('SMB/MS_Bulletin_Checks/Possible');

bulletin = 'MS12-024';
kb = '2653956';
kbs = make_list(kb);

if (get_kb_item('Host/patch_management_checks'))
  hotfix_check_3rd_party(bulletin:bulletin, kbs:kbs, severity:SECURITY_HOLE);

get_kb_item_or_exit("SMB/Registry/Enumerated");
get_kb_item_or_exit('SMB/WindowsVersion', exit_code:1);

if (hotfix_check_sp_range(xp:'3', win2003:'2', vista:'2', win7:'0,1') <= 0) audit(AUDIT_OS_SP_NOT_VULN);

rootfile = hotfix_get_systemroot();
if (!rootfile) exit(1, "Failed to get the system root.");

share = hotfix_path2share(path:rootfile);
if (!is_accessible_share(share:share)) audit(AUDIT_SHARE_FAIL, share);

if (
  # Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2
  hotfix_is_vulnerable(os:"6.1", sp:1, file:"wintrust.dll", version:"6.1.7601.21933", min_version:"6.1.7601.21000", dir:"\system32", bulletin:bulletin, kb:kb) ||
  hotfix_is_vulnerable(os:"6.1", sp:1, file:"wintrust.dll", version:"6.1.7601.17787", min_version:"6.1.7601.17000", dir:"\system32", bulletin:bulletin, kb:kb) ||
  hotfix_is_vulnerable(os:"6.1", sp:0, file:"wintrust.dll", version:"6.1.7600.21160", min_version:"6.1.7600.20000", dir:"\system32", bulletin:bulletin, kb:kb) ||
  hotfix_is_vulnerable(os:"6.1", sp:0, file:"wintrust.dll", version:"6.1.7600.16970", min_version:"6.1.7600.16000", dir:"\system32", bulletin:bulletin, kb:kb) ||

  # Vista / Windows 2008
  hotfix_is_vulnerable(os:"6.0", sp:2, file:"wintrust.dll", version:"6.0.6002.22806", min_version:"6.0.6002.22000", dir:"\system32", bulletin:bulletin, kb:kb) ||
  hotfix_is_vulnerable(os:"6.0", sp:2, file:"wintrust.dll", version:"6.0.6002.18592", min_version:"6.0.6002.18000", dir:"\system32", bulletin:bulletin, kb:kb) ||

  # Windows 2003 / XP x64
  hotfix_is_vulnerable(os:"5.2", sp:2, file:"wintrust.dll", version:"5.131.3790.4970",  dir:"\system32", bulletin:bulletin, kb:kb) ||

  # Windows XP x86
  hotfix_is_vulnerable(os:"5.1", sp:3, arch:"x86", file:"wintrust.dll", version:"5.131.2600.6198", dir:"\system32", bulletin:bulletin, kb:kb)
)
{
  set_kb_item(name:'SMB/Missing/' + bulletin, value:TRUE);
  hotfix_security_hole();
  hotfix_check_fversion_end();
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  hotfix_check_fversion_end();
  audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, 'affected');
}

Oval

accepted2012-05-28T04:01:17.383-04:00
classvulnerability
contributors
nameJosh Turpin
organizationSymantec Corporation
definition_extensions
  • commentMicrosoft Windows XP (x86) SP3 is installed
    ovaloval:org.mitre.oval:def:5631
  • commentMicrosoft Windows XP x64 Edition SP2 is installed
    ovaloval:org.mitre.oval:def:4193
  • commentMicrosoft Windows Server 2003 SP2 (x86) is installed
    ovaloval:org.mitre.oval:def:1935
  • commentMicrosoft Windows Server 2003 SP2 (x64) is installed
    ovaloval:org.mitre.oval:def:2161
  • commentMicrosoft Windows Server 2003 (ia64) SP2 is installed
    ovaloval:org.mitre.oval:def:1442
  • commentMicrosoft Windows Vista (32-bit) Service Pack 2 is installed
    ovaloval:org.mitre.oval:def:6124
  • commentMicrosoft Windows Server 2008 (32-bit) Service Pack 2 is installed
    ovaloval:org.mitre.oval:def:5653
  • commentMicrosoft Windows Vista x64 Edition Service Pack 2 is installed
    ovaloval:org.mitre.oval:def:5594
  • commentMicrosoft Windows Server 2008 x64 Edition Service Pack 2 is installed
    ovaloval:org.mitre.oval:def:6216
  • commentMicrosoft Windows Server 2008 Itanium-Based Edition Service Pack 2 is installed
    ovaloval:org.mitre.oval:def:6150
  • commentMicrosoft Windows 7 (32-bit) is installed
    ovaloval:org.mitre.oval:def:6165
  • commentMicrosoft Windows 7 x64 Edition is installed
    ovaloval:org.mitre.oval:def:5950
  • commentMicrosoft Windows Server 2008 R2 x64 Edition is installed
    ovaloval:org.mitre.oval:def:6438
  • commentMicrosoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Itanium-Based Edition is installed
    ovaloval:org.mitre.oval:def:5954
  • commentMicrosoft Windows 7 (32-bit) Service Pack 1 is installed
    ovaloval:org.mitre.oval:def:12292
  • commentMicrosoft Windows 7 x64 Service Pack 1 is installed
    ovaloval:org.mitre.oval:def:12627
  • commentMicrosoft Windows Server 2008 R2 x64 Service Pack 1 is installed
    ovaloval:org.mitre.oval:def:12567
  • commentMicrosoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Itanium-Based Edition Service Pack 1 is installed
    ovaloval:org.mitre.oval:def:12583
descriptionThe Authenticode Signature Verification function in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2, R2, and R2 SP1, Windows 7 Gold and SP1, and Windows 8 Consumer Preview does not properly validate the digest of a signed portable executable (PE) file, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a modified file with additional content, aka "WinVerifyTrust Signature Validation Vulnerability."
familywindows
idoval:org.mitre.oval:def:15594
statusaccepted
submitted2012-04-10T13:00:00
titleWinVerifyTrust Signature Validation Vulnerability
version72

Seebug

bulletinFamilyexploit
descriptionBugtraq ID: 52868 CVE ID:CVE-2012-0151 Microsoft Windows是一款流行的操作系统 Microsoft Windows存在安全漏洞,允许恶意用户绕过部分安全限制 Windows代码验证签名(Authenticode Signature)校验功能不充分验证PE文件的文件摘要,攻击者可以利用漏洞操作已签名的可执行文件,如加入无效签名的代码 0 Microsoft Windows XP Microsoft Windows Vista Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Microsoft Windows 7 厂商解决方案 用户可参考如下供应商提供的安全公告获得补丁信息: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/bulletin/ms12-024
idSSV:60053
last seen2017-11-19
modified2012-04-12
published2012-04-12
reporterRoot
titleMicrosoft Windows代码验证签名校验远程代码执行漏洞(ms12-024)