CVE-2009-0568

Severity

99%

Complexity

99%

Confidentiality

165%

The RPC Marshalling Engine (aka NDR) in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2 and SP3, Server 2003 SP2, Vista Gold, SP1, and SP2, and Server 2008 SP2 does not properly maintain its internal state, which allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary memory locations via a crafted RPC message that triggers incorrect pointer reading, related to "IDL interfaces containing a non-conformant varying array" and FC_SMVARRAY, FC_LGVARRAY, FC_VARIABLE_REPEAT, and FC_VARIABLE_OFFSET, aka "RPC Marshalling Engine Vulnerability."

The RPC Marshalling Engine (aka NDR) in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2 and SP3, Server 2003 SP2, Vista Gold, SP1, and SP2, and Server 2008 SP2 does not properly maintain its internal state, which allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary memory locations via a crafted RPC message that triggers incorrect pointer reading, related to "IDL interfaces containing a non-conformant varying array" and FC_SMVARRAY, FC_LGVARRAY, FC_VARIABLE_REPEAT, and FC_VARIABLE_OFFSET, aka "RPC Marshalling Engine Vulnerability."

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 9.9. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C).

Overview

Type

Microsoft Windows

First reported 15 years ago

2009-06-10 18:00:00

Last updated 6 years ago

2018-10-12 21:50:00

Affected Software

Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4

Microsoft Windows 2003 Server Service Pack 2

Microsoft Windows 2003 Server Service Pack 2 on Itanium

Microsoft Windows Vista

Microsoft Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (initial release)

Microsoft Windows Vista Service Pack 2

Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2

Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3

References

http://blogs.technet.com/srd/archive/2009/06/09/ms09-026-how-a-developer-can-know-if-their-rpc-interface-is-affected.aspx

Vendor Advisory

54936

Broken Link

35219

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

1022357

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

TA09-160A

Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource

ADV-2009-1545

Third Party Advisory

MS09-026

oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6227

Third Party Advisory

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