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Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2005-3177

Original release date:10/06/2005

Last revised:09/05/2008

Source: US-CERT/NIST

Overview

CHKDSK in Microsoft Windows 2000 before Update Rollup 1 for SP4, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003, when running in fix mode, does not properly handle security descriptors if the master file table contains a large number of files or if the descriptors do not satisfy certain NTFS conventions, which could cause ACLs for some files to be reverted to less secure defaults, or cause security descriptors to be removed.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0 incomplete approximation):

CVSS v2 Base Score:4.6 (MEDIUM) (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) (legend)

Impact Subscore: 6.4

Exploitability Subscore: 3.9

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

Access Vector: Locally exploitable

Access Complexity: Low

Authentication: Not required to exploit

Impact Type:Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows unauthorized modification; Allows disruption of service

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External Source: MSKB

Name: 831375

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://support.microsoft.com/kb/831375

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Name: 831374

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://support.microsoft.com/kb/831374

External Source: MSKB

Name: 900345

Hyperlink:http://support.microsoft.com/kb/900345