Microsoft Windows Task Scheduler Buffer Overflow Vulnerability - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence

Microsoft Windows Task Scheduler Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory:	SA12060	Advisory Toolbox: Issue ticket Save in to-do list Mark as handled Exploit information Download as PDF Review actions Add comment
Release Date:	2004-07-13
Last Update:	2004-07-15
Popularity:	15,622 views

Critical:	Moderately critical
Impact:	System access
Where:	From remote
Solution Status:	Vendor Patch

OS:	Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Microsoft Windows 2000 Server Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Server Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Server, Terminal Server Edition Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Workstation Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition Microsoft Windows XP Professional

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CVE reference:	CVE-2004-0212

Description: Microsoft has issued an update for Windows. This fixes a vulnerability, allowing malicious websites to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system. The vulnerability is caused due a boundary error within the Task Scheduler ("mstask.dll") when handling the "to be executed" field of ".job" files. This can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow when a folder containing a malicious ".job" file is viewed (e.g. by tricking a user into visiting a malicious website with a frame pointing to an anonymous share containing a specially crafted ".job" file). The vulnerability affects Microsoft Windows 2000 and Windows XP. Microsoft Windows NT 4 is also affected if Internet Explorer 6 SP1 is installed. Solution: Microsoft has released updates. Microsoft Windows 2000 (SP2, SP3, and SP4): http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...-A586-7C837B499C08&displaylang=en Microsoft Windows XP (SP1): http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...-8B6F-FC27715BC0CF&displaylang=en Microsoft Windows XP 64-Bit Edition: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...-85A1-85298F122CE0&displaylang=en Microsoft Windows NT 4 (SP6a) with Internet Explorer 6 SP1: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...-8B40-77A3D80E58AC&displaylang=en Provided and/or discovered by: Microsoft credits the following with the discovery: * Brett Moore of Security-Assessment.com * Dustin Schneider * Peter Winter-Smith of Next Generation Security Software Changelog: 2004-07-14: Added more information and link to US-CERT vulnerability note. Original Advisory: MS04-022 (KB841873): http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms04-022.mspx NGSSoftware: http://www.ngssoftware.com/advisories/mstaskjob.txt Other References: US-CERT VU#228028: http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/228028

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