Microsoft Windows NT and 2000 cmd.exe CD path name buffer overflow
| win-cmd-cd-bo (11329) |  High Risk |
Description:
Microsoft Windows NT and Windows 2000 systems are vulnerable to a buffer overflow in the cmd.exe command prompt, caused by improper bounds checking of file paths. By issuing a CD command with a file path of more than 256 characters, a local attacker could overflow and cause the cmd.exe window to crash, and possibly execute arbitrary code on the system on Windows NT 4.0 systems or cause the CD command to fail on Windows 2000 systems.
Consequences:
Gain Privileges
Remedy:
No remedy available as of July 9, 2011.
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Tue Feb 11 2003 - 04:15:13 CST : SECURITY.NNOV: Windows NT 4.0/2000 cmd.exe long path buffer overflow/DoS.
- BID-6829: Microsoft Windows NT/2000 cmd.exe CD Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
- CVE-2003-1407: Buffer overflow in cmd.exe in Windows NT 4.0 may allow local users to execute arbitrary code via a long pathname argument to the cd command.
Platforms Affected:
- Microsoft Windows 2000
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
Reported:
Feb 11, 2003
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