Microsoft Windows Event System Bugs Let Remote Authenticated Users Execute Arbitrary Code
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SecurityTracker Alert ID: 1020677
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SecurityTracker URL: http://securitytracker.com/id?1020677
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CVE Reference: CVE-2008-1456
, CVE-2008-1457
(Links to External Site)
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Date: Aug 12 2008
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Impact: Execution of arbitrary code via network, Root access via network
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Fix Available: Yes
Vendor Confirmed: Yes
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Advisory: Microsoft Security Bulletin
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Version(s): 2000 SP4, 2003 SP2, XP SP3, Vista SP1, 2008; and prior service packs
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Description: A vulnerability was reported in the Microsoft Windows Event System. A remote authenticated user can execute arbitrary code on the target system.
A remote authenticated user in the domain can send specially crafted data to trigger an error in processing per-user subscriptions
[CVE-2008-1457] or an error in indexing arrays [CVE-2008-1456] and execute arbitrary code on the target system. The code will run
with local system privileges.
Yamata Li of Palo Alto Networks reported the array index error.
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Impact: A remote authenticated user can execute arbitrary code on the target system with Local System privileges.
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Solution: The vendor has issued the following fixes:
Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=1b2ad648-7dc9-407a-99f6-f3
9922746027
Windows XP Service Pack 2 and Windows XP Service Pack 3:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=01a34aa4-a456-4efc-a93a-c3c682b0181c
Windows XP Professional x64 Edition and Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Service Pack 2:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=246b2686-e330-47a
2-b4d4-68f218ad4021
Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 and Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=92a3d08f-c11
7-4b24-bc78-2b913d270df6
Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition and Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition Service Pack 2:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyi
d=6bfbb6d8-5106-4adf-83cb-35ffc6e8eaf8
Windows Server 2003 with SP1 for Itanium-based Systems and Windows Server 2003 with SP2
for Itanium-based Systems:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=45356565-697f-41b3-9879-3edd11dbcb7e
Windows
Vista and Windows Vista Service Pack 1:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=6418c78f-f008-4028-beb1-5a5ea8e797a1
Windows
Vista x64 Edition and Windows Vista x64 Edition Service Pack 1:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=e03ccfb0-3ea3-4c59-adcf-9882d7086013
Window
s Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=0640f95e-1eee-4dd1-b4dd-2b82b7e984b9
Windows
Server 2008 for x64-based Systems:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=51a93538-5e94-4f81-a6e0-d497a7b4899d
Windows
Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=390da130-749d-4890-aad7-be91e15b32bb
A
restart is required.
The Microsoft advisory is available at:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms08-049.mspx
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Vendor URL: www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms08-049.mspx (Links to External Site)
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Cause: Access control error
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Underlying OS: Windows (2000), Windows (2003), Windows (2008), Windows (Vista), Windows (XP)
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Message History:
None.
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Source Message Contents
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Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2008 15:25:27 -0400
Subject: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms08-049.mspx
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Microsoft Security Bulletin MS08-049 – Important: Vulnerabilities in Event System Could Allow Remote
Code Execution (950974)
CVE-2008-1456
CVE-2008-1457
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