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Microsoft Windows Contact File Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

2023-02-2000:00:00
hyp3rlinx
0day.today
341
microsoft windows
contact file
remote code execution
resurrected 2022
cve-2022-44666
trend micro zero day initiative
ldap
protocol vectors
html injection
apparitionsec
j00sean
zdi-can-6920
zdi-can-7591
exploit

7.8 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

0.006 Low

EPSS

Percentile

78.8%

[-] Microsoft Windows Contact file / Remote Code Execution (Resurrected 2022)  / CVE-2022-44666

[+] John Page (aka hyp3rlinx)
[+] twitter.com/hyp3rlinx
[+] ISR: ApparitionSec

Back in 2018 I discovered three related Windows remote code execution vulnerabilities affecting both VCF and Contact files.
They were purchased by Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative (@thezdi) from me and received candidate identifiers ZDI-CAN-6920 and ZDI-CAN-7591.
Microsoft as usual denied a fix and it was subsequently dropped as a zero day on January 10, 2019 in coordination with the ZDI program.

Almost five years passed, until researcher j00sean resurrected the flaws to add additional protocol vectors LDAP etc.
Microsoft finally decided to patch and assign CVE-2022-44666 even though the vulnerabilities are exactly the same.

Old 2019 advisories:
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1) Windows VCF RCE
http://hyp3rlinx.altervista.org/advisories/MICROSOFT-WINDOWS-VCF-FILE-INSUFFICIENT-WARNING-REMOTE-CODE-EXECUTION.txt

2) Windows Contact HTML injection
http://hyp3rlinx.altervista.org/advisories/MICROSOFT-WINDOWS-CONTACT-FILE-HTML-INJECTION-MAILTO-LINK-ARBITRARY-CODE-EXECUTION.txt

3) Windows Contact RCE
http://hyp3rlinx.altervista.org/advisories/MICROSOFT-WINDOWS-CONTACT-FILE-INSUFFECIENT-UI-WARNING-WEBSITE-LINK-ARBITRARY-CODE-EXECUTION.txt

Circa 2022 updated:
=====================
https://github.com/j00sean/CVE-2022-44666#readme
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/vulnerability/CVE-2022-44666

7.8 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

0.006 Low

EPSS

Percentile

78.8%