Using the Diskshadow Utility to Manually Test VSS Operations

Windows Server Required This article documents how to use Diskshadow , which is only available in Server versions of Windows 2008+. Purpose This article documents how to manually create a volume shadow copy using the Diskshadow command-line utility in Windows. Cause Veeam products use the Microso...

Application-Aware Image Processing failure with SQL 2012 SP2 case-sensitive collation database

Job using Application-Aware Image Processing fails during VSS processing with: Unfreeze error: Backup job failed. Cannot create a shadow copy of the volumes containing writer's data. A VSS crit...

samba: Uninitialized memory exposure

A flaw was found in the way Samba created responses for certain authenticated client requests when a shadow-copy VFS module was enabled. An attacker able to send an authenticated request could use this flaw to disclose limited portions of memory per each request...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : samba (MDVSA-2014:136)

Updated samba packages fix security vulnerabilities : Information leak vulnerability in the VFS code, allowing an authenticated user to retrieve eight bytes of uninitialized memory when shadow copy is enabled CVE-2014-0178. Samba versions before 3.6.24, 4.0.19, and 4.1.9 are vulnerable to a denia...

samba: Uninitialized memory exposure

A flaw was found in the way Samba created responses for certain authenticated client requests when a shadow-copy VFS module was enabled. An attacker able to send an authenticated request could use this flaw to disclose limited portions of memory per each request...

USN-2257-1 samba vulnerabilities

Christof Schmitt discovered that Samba incorrectly initialized a certain response field when vfs shadow copy was enabled. A remote authenticated attacker could use this issue to possibly obtain sensitive information. This issue only affected Ubuntu 13.10 and Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. CVE-2014-0178 It was...

openSUSE Security Update : samba (openSUSE-SU-2014:0404-1)

"Samba was updated to 4.1.6, fixing bugs and security issues : - Password lockout not enforced for SAMR password changes, this allowed brute forcing of passwords; CVE-2013-4496; bnc849224. - smbcacls can remove a file or directory ACL by mistake; CVE-2013-6442; bnc855866. Also the following bugs...

Samba 4.x < 4.0.18 Multiple Vulnerabilities

According to its banner, the version of Samba running on the remote host is 4.x prior to 4.0.18 and is, therefore, potentially affected by the following vulnerabilities : - An error exists related to 'GETSHADOWCOPYDATA' or 'FSCTLSRVENUMERATESNAPSHOTS' request handling and 'vfs objects' parameter...

CVE-2014-0178

Samba 3.6.6 through 3.6.23, 4.0.x before 4.0.18, and 4.1.x before 4.1.8, when a certain vfs shadow copy configuration is enabled, does not properly initialize the SRVSNAPSHOTARRAY response field, which allows remote authenticated users to obtain potentially sensitive information from process memo...

DEBIAN-CVE-2014-0178

Samba 3.6.6 through 3.6.23, 4.0.x before 4.0.18, and 4.1.x before 4.1.8, when a certain vfs shadow copy configuration is enabled, does not properly initialize the SRVSNAPSHOTARRAY response field, which allows remote authenticated users to obtain potentially sensitive information from process memo...

Server side request forgery (ssrf)

Samba 3.6.6 through 3.6.23, 4.0.x before 4.0.18, and 4.1.x before 4.1.8, when a certain vfs shadow copy configuration is enabled, does not properly initialize the SRVSNAPSHOTARRAY response field, which allows remote authenticated users to obtain potentially sensitive information from process memo...

CVE-2014-0178

Samba 3.6.6 through 3.6.23, 4.0.x before 4.0.18, and 4.1.x before 4.1.8, when a certain vfs shadow copy configuration is enabled, does not properly initialize the SRVSNAPSHOTARRAY response field, which allows remote authenticated users to obtain potentially sensitive information from process memo...

CVE-2014-0178

Samba 3.6.6 through 3.6.23, 4.0.x before 4.0.18, and 4.1.x before 4.1.8, when a certain vfs shadow copy configuration is enabled, does not properly initialize the SRVSNAPSHOTARRAY response field, which allows remote authenticated users to obtain potentially sensitive information from process memo...

CVE-2014-0178

Samba 3.6.6 through 3.6.23, 4.0.x before 4.0.18, and 4.1.x before 4.1.8, when a certain vfs shadow copy configuration is enabled, does not properly initialize the SRVSNAPSHOTARRAY response field, which allows remote authenticated users to obtain potentially sensitive information from process memo...

UBUNTU-CVE-2014-0178

Samba 3.6.6 through 3.6.23, 4.0.x before 4.0.18, and 4.1.x before 4.1.8, when a certain vfs shadow copy configuration is enabled, does not properly initialize the SRVSNAPSHOTARRAY response field, which allows remote authenticated users to obtain potentially sensitive information from process memo...

PT-2014-1429

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Samba versions 3.6.6 through 3.6.23 Samba versions 4.0.x before 4.0.18 Samba versions 4.1.x before 4.1.8 Description The issue is related to the improper initialization of the SRV SNAPSHOT ARRAY response field in Samba when a certain vfs shado...

CVE-2014-0178: Improper Initialization

Samba 3.6.6 through 3.6.23, 4.0.x before 4.0.18, and 4.1.x before 4.1.8, when a certain vfs shadow copy configuration is enabled, does not properly initialize the SRVSNAPSHOTARRAY response field, which allows remote authenticated users to obtain potentially sensitive information from process memo...

Hyper-V backup job fails to create shadow copy with default shadow storage limit

Challenge Backup or replication of a Hyper-V VM fails. In the Windows event logs on the Hyper-V host server, there is an error with ID 8193 from source VSS: Volume Shadow Copy Service error: Unexpected error calling routine Cannot find anymore diff area candidates for volume...

Persistent Payload In Windows Volume Shadow Copy

This file is part of the Metasploit Framework and may be subject to redistribution and commercial restrictions. Please see the Metasploit web site for more information on licensing and terms of use. http://metasploit.com/ require 'msf/core' require 'rex' require 'msf/core/exploit/exe' class...

Persistent Payload In Windows Volume Shadow Copy

This Metasploit module will attempt to create a persistent payload in a new volume shadow copy. This is based on the VSSOwn Script originally posted by Tim Tomes and Mark Baggett. This Metasploit module has been tested successfully on Windows 7. In order to achieve persistence through the RUNKEY...