Microsoft Windows 2000 Print Spooler resource management

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A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Windows 2000 (Operating System). It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects an unknown functionality of the component Print Spooler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-399. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

The RpcGetPrinterData function in the Print Spooler (spoolsv.exe) service in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4 and earlier, and possibly Windows XP SP1 and earlier, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via an RPC request that specifies a large offered value (output buffer size), a variant of CVE-2005-3644.

The bug was discovered 12/01/2006. The weakness was disclosed 12/04/2006 by h07 (Website). The advisory is shared at exploit-db.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2006-6296 since 12/05/2006. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

A public exploit has been developed by h07 and been published even before and not after the advisory. The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as functional. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 2482 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at windowsupdate.microsoft.com.Addressing this vulnerability is possible by firewalling . The best possible mitigation is suggested to be applying a restrictive firewalling. Attack attempts may be identified with Snort ID 13594. In this case the pattern |00| is used for detection. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 8574.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (30717) and Exploit-DB (2879).

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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
ATT&CK: Unknown

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Access: Public
Status: Functional
Author: h07
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Patch: windowsupdate.microsoft.com

Snort ID: 13594
Snort Message: SPECIFIC-THREATS Microsoft Windows print spooler little endian DoS attempt
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com
Product: microsoft.com

Advisory: exploit-db.com
Researcher: h07
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2006-6296 (🔍)
X-Force: 30717 - Microsoft Windows Print Spooler denial of service, Medium Risk
SecurityTracker: 1017330
Vulnerability Center: 13258 - Microsoft Windows Print Spooler Service Remote Denial of Service via an RPC Request, Medium
SecurityFocus: 21401 - Microsoft Windows Print Spooler GetPrinterData Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 23196 - Microsoft Windows Print Spooler Denial of Service Vulnerability, Less Critical
OSVDB: 30823 - Microsoft Windows Print Spooler (spoolsv.exe) RpcGetPrinterData Function DoS
Vupen: ADV-2006-4827

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 12/06/2006 09:36
Updated: 07/11/2019 16:19
Changes: 12/06/2006 09:36 (102), 07/11/2019 16:19 (1)
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