PT-2015-5423 · Microsoft · Windows

Published 2015-05-12 · Updated 2019-05-14 · CVE-2015-1681

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

1.9

Low

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Microsoft Windows versions prior to the fixed version

Description A denial of service issue exists when the system attempts to access a specially crafted .msc file to retrieve icon information and fails to properly validate a destination buffer, resulting in a denial of service. This occurs when Windows tries to process the crafted file, leading to a failure in handling the file's icon information.

Recommendations For all affected versions, apply the fix provided by Microsoft to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to .msc files until a patch is available. Avoid using specially crafted .msc files that could trigger the denial of service condition.

Fix

DoS

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2015-1681

ZDI-15-191

Affected Products

Windows

References · 7

• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-1681 · Security Note
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2015/ms15-054 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-1681 · Security Note
• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-15-191 · Security Note
• http://technet.microsoft.com/security/bulletin/ms15-054 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1032286 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/74486 · Note