CVE-2005-0045

Severity

75%

Complexity

99%

Confidentiality

106%

The Server Message Block (SMB) implementation for Windows NT 4.0, 2000, XP, and Server 2003 does not properly validate certain SMB packets, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via Transaction responses containing (1) Trans or (2) Trans2 commands, aka the "Server Message Block Vulnerability," and as demonstrated using Trans2 FIND_FIRST2 responses with large file name length fields.

The Server Message Block (SMB) implementation for Windows NT 4.0, 2000, XP, and Server 2003 does not properly validate certain SMB packets, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via Transaction responses containing (1) Trans or (2) Trans2 commands, aka the "Server Message Block Vulnerability," and as demonstrated using Trans2 FIND_FIRST2 responses with large file name length fields.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 7.5. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P).

Overview

Type

Microsoft

First reported 20 years ago

2005-05-02 04:00:00

Last updated 6 years ago

2019-04-30 14:27:00

Affected Software

Microsoft Windows 2000

Microsoft windows 2000_sp1

Microsoft windows 2000_sp2

Microsoft windows 2000_sp3

Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4

Microsoft Windows 4.0 sp1 server

4.0

Microsoft Windows NT Terminal Server 4.0 SP1

4.0

Microsoft Windows 4.0 sp1 workstation

4.0

Microsoft Windows 4.0 sp2 server

4.0

Microsoft Windows NT Terminal Server 4.0 SP2

4.0

Microsoft Windows 4.0 sp2 workstation

4.0

Microsoft Windows 4.0 sp3 server

4.0

Microsoft Windows NT Terminal Server 4.0 SP3

4.0

Microsoft Windows 4.0 sp3 workstation

4.0

Microsoft Windows 4.0 sp4 server

4.0

Microsoft Windows NT Terminal Server 4.0 SP4

4.0

Microsoft Windows 4.0 sp4 workstation

4.0

Microsoft Windows 4.0 sp5 server

4.0

Microsoft Windows NT Terminal Server 4.0 SP5

4.0

Microsoft Windows 4.0 sp5 workstation

4.0

Microsoft Windows 4.0 sp6a server

4.0

Microsoft Windows NT Terminal Server 4.0 SP6a

4.0

Microsoft Windows 4.0 sp6a workstation

4.0

Microsoft Windows XP Professional Gold

Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 1 Home Edition

Microsoft windows xp_sp1 media_center

Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 Home Edition

Microsoft windows xp_sp2 media_center

Microsoft windows xp_sp2 tablet_pc

References

20050209 EEYE: Windows SMB Client Transaction Response Handling Vulnerability

20050309 Update: MS05-011 EEYE: Windows SMB Client Transaction Response Handling Vulnerability

20050209 EEYE: Windows SMB Client Transaction Response Handling Vulnerability

VU#652537

Patch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource

12484

TA05-039A

Patch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource

MS05-011

win-smb-code-execution(19089)

oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1606

oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1847

oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1889

oval:org.mitre.oval:def:4043

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