NTCrash2

From: Aleph One (aleph1at_private)
Date: Wed Mar 25 1998 - 21:34:23 PST

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    Date: Wed, 25 Mar 1998 16:11:17 +0000
    From: Paul Ashton <paulat_private>
    To: NTBUGTRAQat_private
    Subject: NTCrash2
    
    From: http://www.ntinternals.com/ntdll.htm
    by Mark Russinovich.
    
    > A little over a year ago I wrote a program called NTCrash that barraged
    > the Native API interface with garbage parameters. The program discovered
    > 13 WIN32K system services that failed to perform comprehensive parameter
    > validation, the result of which were Blue Screens. Microsoft closed these
    > holes in Service Pack 1.
    
    > About two months ago I revisited NTCrash and tweaked it to be more intelligent
    > about generating garbage - the garbage this new version, NTCrash2, produces
    > hits boundary conditions that can be easy to miss in validation. In fact,
    > this revision found 40 more APIs with Blue Screen holes. Microsoft has been
    > made aware of the holes and they will be closed in Service Pack 4."
    
    40?! I wonder how many of these could be turned into exploits?
    
    Paul
    --
    "Il software e' come il sesso; e' meglio quando e' gratis - LT"
    



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