PT-2011-3004 · Microsoft · Windows Vista+5

Published 2011-06-16 · Updated 2023-12-07 · CVE-2011-1268

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

10

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Microsoft Windows XP versions SP2 through SP3 Microsoft Windows Server 2003 version SP2 Microsoft Windows Vista versions SP1 through SP2 Microsoft Windows Server 2008 versions Gold through R2 SP1 Microsoft Windows 7 versions Gold through SP1

Description The issue allows remote SMB servers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted SMB response. An unauthenticated remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that the Microsoft Server Message Block (SMB) client implementation handles specially crafted SMB responses. An attacker who successfully exploited this issue could execute arbitrary code and take complete control of an affected system, allowing them to install programs, view, change, or delete data, or create new accounts with full user rights.

Recommendations For Microsoft Windows XP versions SP2 through SP3, update to a newer version to mitigate the risk. For Microsoft Windows Server 2003 version SP2, update to a newer version to mitigate the risk. For Microsoft Windows Vista versions SP1 through SP2, update to a newer version to mitigate the risk. For Microsoft Windows Server 2008 versions Gold through R2 SP1, update to a newer version to mitigate the risk. For Microsoft Windows 7 versions Gold through SP1, update to a newer version to mitigate the risk.

Fix

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2011-1268

Affected Products

Windows

Windows 7

Windows Server 2003

Windows Server 2008

Windows Vista

Windows Xp

References · 5

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-1268 · Security Note
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-043 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-1268 · Security Note
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12746 · Note
• https://docs.microsoft.com/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/MS11-043 · Note