Vulnerabilities > CVE-2012-1852 - Improper Restriction of Operations Within the Bounds of A Memory Buffer vulnerability in Microsoft Windows XP
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
COMPLETE Integrity impact
COMPLETE Availability impact
COMPLETE Summary
Heap-based buffer overflow in the Remote Administration Protocol (RAP) implementation in the LanmanWorkstation service in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted RAP response packets, aka "Remote Administration Protocol Heap Overflow Vulnerability."
Vulnerable Configurations
| Part | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| OS | 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.
Msbulletin
| bulletin_id | MS12-054 |
| bulletin_url | |
| date | 2012-08-14T00:00:00 |
| impact | Remote Code Execution |
| knowledgebase_id | 2733594 |
| knowledgebase_url | |
| severity | Critical |
| title | Vulnerabilities in Windows Networking Components Could Allow Remote Code Execution |
Nessus
| NASL family | Windows : Microsoft Bulletins |
| NASL id | SMB_NT_MS12-054.NASL |
| description | The remote Windows host is potentially affected by the following vulnerabilities : - A denial of service vulnerability exists in Windows networking components. The vulnerability is due to the service not properly handling specially crafted RAP requests. (CVE-2012-1850) - A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the Windows Print Spooler service that can allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on an affected system. (CVE-2012-1851) - A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that Windows networking components handle specially crafted RAP responses. (CVE-2012-1852, CVE-2012-1853) |
| last seen | 2020-06-01 |
| modified | 2020-06-02 |
| plugin id | 61529 |
| published | 2012-08-15 |
| reporter | This script is Copyright (C) 2012-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc. |
| source | https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/61529 |
| title | MS12-054: Vulnerabilities in Windows Networking Components Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2733594) |
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Oval
| accepted | 2012-10-01T04:00:06.675-04:00 | ||||||||
| class | vulnerability | ||||||||
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| description | Heap-based buffer overflow in the Remote Administration Protocol (RAP) implementation in the LanmanWorkstation service in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted RAP response packets, aka "Remote Administration Protocol Heap Overflow Vulnerability." | ||||||||
| family | windows | ||||||||
| id | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:15079 | ||||||||
| status | accepted | ||||||||
| submitted | 2012-08-20T15:13:07 | ||||||||
| title | Remote Administration Protocol Heap Overflow Vulnerability - MS12-054 | ||||||||
| version | 71 |