PT-2004-2033 · Microsoft+1 · Windows Vista+1

Adam Boileau · Published 2004-11-16 · Updated 2018-10-19 · CVE-2004-1038

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.2

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Windows Vista Linux-based operating systems (affected versions not specified)

Description: A design error in the IEEE1394 specification allows attackers with physical access to a device to read and write to sensitive memory using a modified FireWire/IEEE 1394 client, thus bypassing intended restrictions. This issue was reported to affect Windows Vista in 2008. Some Linux-based operating systems have protection mechanisms against this attack.

Recommendations: For Windows Vista, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability. For Linux-based operating systems, ensure that protection mechanisms against this attack are enabled and properly configured.

Related Identifiers

CVE-2004-1038

Affected Products

Linux

Windows Vista

References · 22

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2004-1038 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/489322/100/0/threaded · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/489342/100/0/threaded · Note
• http://theage.com.au/news/security/hack-into-a-windows-pc-no-password-needed/2008/03/04/1204402423638.html · Note
• http://sec-consult.com/fileadmin/Whitepapers/Vista_Physical_Attacks.pdf · Note
• http://md.hudora.de/presentations/firewire/2005-firewire-cansecwest.pdf · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/489330/100/0/threaded · Note
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109881362530790&w=2 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/489296/100/0/threaded · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/489189/100/0/threaded · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/489212/100/0/threaded · Note
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• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/489335/100/0/threaded · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/489295/100/0/threaded · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/489163/100/0/threaded · Note