CVE-2007-2228
HIGHEPSS 99th pctlDescription
rpcrt4.dll (aka the RPC runtime library) in Microsoft Windows XP SP2, XP Professional x64 Edition, Server 2003 SP1 and SP2, Server 2003 x64 Edition and x64 Edition SP2, and Vista and Vista x64 Edition allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (RPCSS service stop and system restart) via an RPC request that uses NTLMSSP PACKET authentication with a zero-valued verification trailer signature, which triggers an invalid dereference. NOTE: this also affects Windows 2000 SP4, although the impact is an information leak.
CVSS v2 Vector
No CVSS vector data available.
Exploit Intelligence
Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 99% of all known CVEs.
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27134
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27153
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1018787
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/482023/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/482366/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25974
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-282A.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3438
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-07-055.html
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2007/ms07-058
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2310
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