MS04-007: ASN.1 Vulnerability Could Allow Code Execution (828028) (uncredentialed check) (HTTP)

high Nessus Plugin ID 12055

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Synopsis

The remote Windows host is affected by a memory corruption vulnerability.

Description

The remote Windows host has an ASN.1 library with a vulnerability that could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code on this host.

To exploit this flaw, an attacker would need to send a specially crafted ASN.1 encoded packet with improperly advertised lengths.

This particular check sent a malformed HTML authorization packet and determined that the remote host is not patched.

Solution

Apply the patch referenced above.

See Also

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/SecurityBulletins/2004/ms04-007

https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2004/Feb/269

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 12055

File Name: http_asn1_decoding.nasl

Version: 1.55

Type: remote

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 2/15/2004

Updated: 11/15/2018

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:microsoft:windows

Required KB Items: www/iis

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/10/2004

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/10/2004

Exploitable With

CANVAS (CANVAS)

Core Impact

Metasploit (MS04-007 Microsoft ASN.1 Library Bitstring Heap Overflow)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2003-0818

BID: 9633, 9635, 9743, 13300

MSFT: MS04-007

MSKB: 828028