Security Advisory - Two Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows

HWPSIRT-2017-10071:

The attacker could exploit the vulnerability to gain the ability to execute code on the target server.

HWPSIRT-2017-10072:

The attacker could exploit the vulnerability to elevate privileges and take control of the computer.

The vulnerability classification has been performed by using the CVSSv3 scoring system (http://www.first.org/cvss/specification-document).

HWPSIRT-2017-10071:

Base Score: 8.1 (AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Temporal Score: 7.5 (E:F/RL:O/RC:C)

HWPSIRT-2017-10072:

Base Score: 8.1 (AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Temporal Score: 7.5 (E:F/RL:O/RC:C)

HWPSIRT-2017-10071:

This vulnerability can be exploited only when the following conditions are present:

1. The attacker gains the access of the affected products.

Vulnerability details:

A remote attacker could send a specially crafted packet to a targeted SMBv1 server. The attacker could exploit the vulnerability to gain the ability to execute code on the target server.

The Microsoft security advisory is available at: https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-11780

HWPSIRT-2017-10072:

This vulnerability can be exploited only when the following conditions are present:

1. The attacker gains the access of the affected products.

Vulnerability details:

An unauthenticated, remote attacker could send specially crafted messages to the Windows Search service. The attacker could exploit the vulnerability to elevate privileges and take control of the computer.

The Microsoft security advisory is available at: https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-11771

Customers should contact Huawei TAC (Huawei Technical Assistance Center) to request the upgrades. For TAC contact information, please refer to Huawei worldwide website at http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/report-vulnerabilities.

These vulnerabilities were discovered by Microsoft.

2020-07-22 V1.2 UPDATED Updated the "Software Versions and Fixes" section; 

2020-04-08 V1.1 UPDATED Updated the "Software Versions and Fixes" section;

2017-12-20 V1.0 INITIAL

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