Microsoft Windows Server Service RPC code execution

win-server-rpc-code-execution (46040) The risk level is classified as HighHigh Risk

Description:

Microsoft Windows Server Service could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by a vulnerability in the Remote Procedure Call (RPC) service. By sending specially-crafted RPC requests to a vulnerable system, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code and gain complete control over the affected system.

For Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 the attacker must be an authenticated user with access to the target network in order to exploit this vulnerability.

*CVSS:

Base Score: 10
  Access Vector: Network
  Access Complexity: Low
  Authentication: None
  Confidentiality Impact: Complete
  Integrity Impact: Complete
  Availability Impact: Complete
 
Temporal Score: 8.3
  Exploitability: Functional
  Remediation Level: Official-Fix
  Report Confidence: Confirmed

Consequences:

Gain Access

Remedy:

Apply the appropriate patch for your system, as listed in Microsoft Security Bulletin MS08-067. See References.

References:

  • Microsoft Security Bulletin MS08-067: Vulnerability in Server Service Could Allow Remote Code Execution (958644).
  • Microsoft Security Bulletin MS12-054: Vulnerabilities in Windows Networking Components Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2733594).
  • NORTEL BULLETIN ID: 2008009147, Rev 2: Nortel Response to Microsoft Security Bulletin MS08-067.
  • Offensive Security Exploit Database [01-21-2011]: Microsoft Server Service Relative Path Stack Corruption.
  • ASA-2008-427: MS08-067 Vulnerability in Server Service Could Allow Remote Code Execution (958644)
  • BID-31874: Microsoft Windows Server Service RPC Handling Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
  • CVE-2008-4250: The Server service in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2 and SP3, Server 2003 SP1 and SP2, Vista Gold and SP1, Server 2008, and 7 Pre-Beta allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted RPC request that triggers the overflow during path canonicalization, as exploited in the wild by Gimmiv.A in October 2008, aka Server Service Vulnerability.
  • SA32326: Microsoft Windows Server Service Vulnerability
  • SECTRACK ID: 1021091: Windows Server Service RPC Processing Bug Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
  • US-CERT VU#827267: Microsoft Server service RPC stack buffer overflow vulnerability
  • VUPEN/ADV-2008-2902: Microsoft Windows Server Service Vulnerability (MS08-067)

Platforms Affected:

  • Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4
  • Microsoft Windows 2003 Server x64
  • Microsoft Windows 2003 Server SP1 Itanium
  • Microsoft Windows 2003 Server SP1
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP2 Itanium
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP2 x64
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP2
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2008 x32
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Itanium
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2008 x64
  • Microsoft Windows Vista x64
  • Microsoft Windows Vista SP1
  • Microsoft Windows Vista
  • Microsoft Windows Vista SP1 x64
  • Microsoft Windows XP SP3
  • Microsoft Windows XP SP2
  • Microsoft Windows XP x64 Professional
  • Microsoft Windows XP SP2 x64 Professional

Reported:

Oct 23, 2008

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