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>> Microsoft Windows SMB Code Execution Vulnerability (MS08-063)

Title : Microsoft Windows SMB Code Execution Vulnerability (MS08-063)
Advisory ID : VUPEN/ADV-2008-2814
CVE ID : CVE-2008-4038
CWE ID : CWE-124
Rated as : Moderate Risk

Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2008-10-14

Advisory Details

Description

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Solution

References

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A vulnerability has been identified in Microsoft Windows, which could be exploited by malicious users to compromise a vulnerable system. This issue is caused by a buffer underflow error in the Microsoft Server Message Block (SMB) Protocol when handling specially crafted file names, which could allow authenticated or Guest users to execute arbitrary code by sending specially crafted packets to a vulnerable server.

Credits

Vulnerability reported by Joshua Morin (Codenomicon).

ChangeLog

2008-10-14 : Initial release

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