Vulnerabilities > CVE-2015-2361 - Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012
Attack vector
LOCAL Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
COMPLETE Integrity impact
COMPLETE Availability impact
COMPLETE Summary
Hyper-V in Microsoft Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2 does not properly initialize guest OS system data structures, which allows guest OS users to execute arbitrary code on the host OS or cause a denial of service (buffer overflow) by leveraging guest OS privileges, aka "Hyper-V Buffer Overflow Vulnerability."
Vulnerable Configurations
| Part | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| OS | 4 |
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 | MS15-068 |
| bulletin_url | |
| date | 2015-07-14T00:00:00 |
| impact | Remote Code Execution |
| knowledgebase_id | 3072000 |
| knowledgebase_url | |
| severity | Critical |
| title | Vulnerabilities in Windows Hyper-V Could Allow Remote Code Execution |
Nessus
| NASL family | Windows : Microsoft Bulletins |
| NASL id | SMB_NT_MS15-068.NASL |
| description | The remote Windows host is affected by multiple remote code execution vulnerabilities in Hyper-V : - An error exists in how Hyper-V handles packet size memory initialization in guest virtual machines. An authenticated attacker with access to a guest virtual machine can exploit this by running a specially crafted application to execute arbitrary code in a host context. (CVE-2015-2361) - An error exists in how Hyper-V initializes system data structures in guest virtual machines. An authenticated attacker with access to a guest virtual machine can exploit this by running a specially crafted application to execute arbitrary code in a host context. (CVE-2015-2362) |
| last seen | 2020-06-01 |
| modified | 2020-06-02 |
| plugin id | 84762 |
| published | 2015-07-15 |
| reporter | This script is Copyright (C) 2015-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc. |
| source | https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/84762 |
| title | MS15-068: Vulnerabilities in Windows Hyper-V Could Allow Remote Code Execution (3072000) |
| code | |