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Workstation Service NetpManageIPCConnect Buffer Overflow
Release Date:
November 14, 2006
Date Reported:
July 25, 2006
Severity:
High (Remote Code Execution)
Vendor:
Microsoft
Systems Affected:
Windows 2000 (Remote Code Execution)
Windows XP SP1 (Local Privilege Escalation)
Overview:
A flaw exists in a default Windows component called the "Workstation
Service" that when exploited allows for remote code execution in SYSTEM
context, allowing an attacker to take complete control of affected
systems.
Technical Details:
In the Workstation Service module called wkssvc.dll, the
NetpManageIPCConnect function has a call to "swprintf" with an unchecked
buffer. The input buffer is controllable by the remote attacker.
.text:76781D67 mov edi, [ebp+arg_0]
...
.text:76781D90 lea eax, [ebp+var_2CC]
...
.text:76781DA0 push edi
.text:76781DA1 push offset "%ws\\IPC$"
.text:76781DA6 push eax
.text:76781DA7 call ds:swprintf
This function is called by NetpJoinDomain, which is eventually called by
the NetrJoinDomain2 function, which is exposed through RPC.
The IDL for NetrJoinDomain2 looks like this:
long _NetrJoinDomain2@28 (
[in][unique][string] wchar_t * arg_1,
[in][string] wchar_t * arg_2,
[in][unique][string] wchar_t * arg_3,
[in][unique][string] wchar_t * arg_4,
[in][unique] struct_C * arg_5,
[in] long arg_6
);
arg_2 will contain string with format like <Domain name>+"\"+<Hostname>.
<Hostname> will be passed as NetpManageIPCConnect's first argument. The
variable is under the attacker's control and is passed to swprintf,
which causes a stack-based buffer overflow.
For this vulnerable code to be reached, we must provide a valid and live
<Domain name> as a part of the string. We can set up a fake domain
server anywhere reachable from the vulnerable machine on the Internet.
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Credit:
Discovery: JeongWook Matt Oh
Additional Research: Derek Soeder
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