An information disclosure vulnerability exists in the Windows Event Viewer (eventvwr.msc) when it improperly parses XML input containing a …
An information disclosure vulnerability exists in the Windows Event Viewer (eventvwr.msc) when it improperly parses XML input containing a reference to an external entity. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could read arbitrary files via an XML external entity (XXE) declaration. To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker could create a file containing specially crafted XML content and convince an authenticated user to import the file. The update addresses the vulnerability by modifying the way that the Event Viewer parses XML input.
The product processes an XML document that can contain XML entities with URIs that resolve to documents outside of the intended sphere of control, causing the product to embed incorrect documents into its output.
https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/611.html →Open in CWE collection →This attack takes advantage of the entity replacement property of certain data serialization languages (e.g., XML, YAML, etc.) where the value of the replacement is a URI. A well-crafted file could have the entity refer to a URI that consumes a large amount of resources to create a denial of service condition. This can cause the system to either freeze, crash, or execute arbitrary code depending on the URI.
https://capec.mitre.org/data/definitions/221.html →Open in CAPEC collection →| Product | Vendor | Status |
|---|---|---|
| windows_10 | * | Tracked |
| windows_7 | * | Tracked |
| windows_8.1 | * | Tracked |
| windows_rt_8.1 | * | Tracked |
| windows_server_2008 | * | Tracked |
| windows_server_2012 | * | Tracked |
| windows_server_2016 | * | Tracked |
| windows_server_2019 | * | Tracked |
| Windows | Microsoft | Tracked |
| Windows | Microsoft | Tracked |
| Windows | Microsoft | Tracked |
| Windows | Microsoft | Tracked |
| Windows | Microsoft | Tracked |
| Windows | Microsoft | Tracked |
| Windows | Microsoft | Tracked |
| Windows | Microsoft | Tracked |
| Windows | Microsoft | Tracked |
| Windows | Microsoft | Tracked |
| Windows | Microsoft | Tracked |
| Windows | Microsoft | Tracked |