National Cyber-Alert System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2004-0212

Overview

Stack-based buffer overflow in the Task Scheduler for Windows 2000 and XP, and Internet Explorer 6 on Windows NT 4.0, allows local or remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a .job file containing long parameters, as demonstrated using Internet Explorer and accessing a .job file on an anonymous share.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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US-CERT Technical Alert: TA04-196A

Name: TA04-196A

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA04-196A.html

US-CERT Vulnerability Note: VU#228028

Name: VU#228028

Hyperlink:http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/228028

External Source: XF

Name: win-taskscheduler-bo(16591)

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/16591

External Source: MISC

Name: http://www.ngssoftware.com/advisories/mstaskjob.txt

Hyperlink:http://www.ngssoftware.com/advisories/mstaskjob.txt

External Source: MS

Name: MS04-022

Hyperlink:http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms04-022.asp

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20040714 Unchecked buffer in mstask.dll

Hyperlink:http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=108981403025596&w=2

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 12060

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/12060

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20040714 Microsoft Windows Task Scheduler '.job' Stack Overflow

Hyperlink:http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=108981273009250&w=2

US Government Resource: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:3428

Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:3428

Type: Tool Signature

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:3428

US Government Resource: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1964

Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1964

Type: Tool Signature

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1964

US Government Resource: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1781

Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1781

Type: Tool Signature

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1781

US Government Resource: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1344

Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1344

Type: Tool Signature

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1344