21987 : Microsoft Windows Shimgvw.dll SETABORTPROC Function Crafted WMF Arbitrary Code Execution
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Views This Week	Views All Time	Added to OSVDB	Last Modified	Modified (since 2008)	Percent Complete
6	2037	over 6 years ago	about 1 year ago	14 times	90%

Timeline

Disclosure Date	Exploit Publish Date	Vendor Solution Date
2005-12-27	2005-12-27	2006-01-05

Days of Exposure
9 days

Description

A code execution flaw exists in Windows. Shimgvw.dll fails to validate WMF files resulting in code execution via the SETABORTPROC function. With a specially crafted file, a context-dependent attacker can cause arbitrary code execution resulting in a loss of integrity.

Classification

Location: Local / Remote
Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Solution: Patch / RCS
Exploit: Exploit Public, Exploit Commercial
Disclosure: Vendor Verified, Uncoordinated Disclosure, Discovered in the Wild

Solution

Currently, there are no known workarounds or upgrades to correct this issue. However, Microsoft has released a patch to address this vulnerability.

Products

Microsoft Corporation	Windows	XP SP2
		ME
		XP Pro x64
		2003 Server
		98 SE
		2003 Server x64
		2003 Server SP1
		98
		XP SP1
		2000 SP4
		2003 Server for Itanium SP1
		2003 Server for Itanium

References

Security Tracker: 1015416
Milw0rm: 1391
Exploit Database: 1391
OVAL ID: 1433
Bugtraq ID: 16074
CERT VU: 181038
Secunia Advisory ID: 18255 18311 18323 18364 18415
SCIP VulDB ID: 1934
CVE ID: 2005-4560 (see also: NVD)
Metasploit ID: 21987
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article: 912919
VUPEN Advisory: ADV-2005-3086
ISS X-Force ID: ADV-2005-3086
Mail List Post: http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2005-12/0305.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2005-12/0308.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2005-12/0311.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2005-12/0312.html
Vendor Specific News/Changelog Entry: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=346197
Generic Exploit URL: http://immunitysec.com
http://metasploit.com/projects/Framework/exploits.html#ie_xp_pfv_metafile
http://www.frsirt.com/exploits/20051228.ie_xp_pfv_metafile.pm.php
http://www.saintcorporation.com/cgi-bin/exploit_info/windows_wmf
http://www.securiteam.com/exploits/5HP070KHFG.html
News Article: http://news.zdnet.com/2102-1009_22-6011406.html?tag=printthis
http://www.eweek.com/print_article2/0,1217,a=168152,00.asp
http://www.eweek.com/print_article2/0,1217,a=168161,00.asp
http://www.gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/37850-1.html
http://www.techweb.com/wire/security/175700769
http://www.theinquirer.net/en/inquirer/news/2005/12/28/microsoft-zero-day-wmf-pulls-in-mikhail-gorbachev
http://www.theinquirer.net/en/inquirer/news/2005/12/28/windows-zero-day-nightmare-exploited
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/12/29/wmf_trojan_alert/print.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/29/AR2005122901456.html
Other Advisory URL: http://sunbeltblog.blogspot.com/2005/12/new-exploit-blows-by-fully-patched.html
http://www.nist.org/nist_plugins/content/content.php?content.25
http://www.openrce.org/articles/full_view/20
Vendor Specific Advisory URL: http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-001.htm
http://www-142.ibm.com/software/sw-lotus/products/product4.nsf/wdocs/dominohomepage
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/912840.mspx
http://www130.nortelnetworks.com/cgi-bin/eserv/cs/main.jsp?cscat=BLTNDETAIL&DocumentOID=375341&RenditionID=
http://www130.nortelnetworks.com/cgi-bin/eserv/cs/main.jsp?cscat=BLTNDETAIL&DocumentOID=375525&RenditionID=
Microsoft Security Bulletin: MS06-001
CIAC Advisory: q-085
US-CERT Cyber Security Alert: TA05-362A

Tools & Filters

	20382
Snort	5318 5319

Credit

Dan Hubbard -

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 7.5
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2005-12-30 | Disagree?

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