ZDI-11-167: Microsoft WINS Service Failed Response Memory Corruption Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-11-167

May 10, 2011

-- CVE ID:
CVE-2011-1248

-- CVSS:
10, (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

-- Affected Vendors:
Microsoft

-- Affected Products:
Microsoft OS

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-- Vulnerability Details:
This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on
vulnerable installations of Microsoft Windows Internet Name Service
(WINS). Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. 

The specific flaw exists within the wins.exe service distributed with
Microsoft Windows 2003 Server. This service is designed to resolve
NetBIOS requests and accepts connections on port 42. Due to a logic
error when handling a socket send exception, certain user-supplied
values remain within a stack frame and are re-used in another context. A
remote attacker can abuse this flaw to cause a call to
LeaveCriticalSection to operate upon a controlled location in memory.
Such a condition could lead to remote code execution under the context
of the SYSTEM user.

-- Vendor Response:
Microsoft has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More
details can be found at:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS11-035.mspx

-- Disclosure Timeline:
2011-01-21 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
2011-05-10 - Coordinated public release of advisory

-- Credit:
This vulnerability was discovered by:
    * Luigi Auriemma

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