Microsoft Windows Server Service RPC code execution
| win-server-rpc-code-execution (46040) |  High 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.
Platforms Affected:
- Microsoft, Windows Server 2008 32-bit
- Microsoft, Windows Server 2008 Itanium
- Microsoft, Windows Server 2008 x64
- Microsoft, Windows Vista x64
- Microsoft, Windows Vista SP1
- Microsoft, Windows Vista SP1 x64
- Microsoft, Windows 2000 SP4
- Microsoft, Windows 2003 Server x64
- Microsoft, Windows 2003 Server SP1
- Microsoft, Windows 2003 Server SP2
- Microsoft, Windows 2003 Server SP2 Itanium
- Microsoft, Windows 2003 Server SP2 x64
- Microsoft, Windows 2003 Server SP1 Itanium
- Microsoft, Windows Vista
- Microsoft, Windows XP SP2 Professional x64
- Microsoft, Windows XP Professional x64
- Microsoft, Windows XP SP2
- Microsoft, Windows XP SP3
Remedy:
Apply the appropriate patch for your system, as listed in Microsoft Security Bulletin MS08-067. See References.
Consequences:
Gain Access
References:
- Microsoft Security Bulletin MS08-067, Vulnerability in Server Service Could Allow Remote Code Execution (958644) at http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS08-067.mspx.
- NORTEL BULLETIN ID: 2008009147, Rev 2, Nortel Response to Microsoft Security Bulletin MS08-067 at http://support.nortel.com/go/main.jsp?cscat=BLTNDETAIL&id=783522.
- 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)
Reported:
Oct 23, 2008
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