SMB: Share Name Overflow
This protocol anomaly is an SMB share name that is longer than 300 characters. On Microsoft Windows XP and 2000, the explorer process terminates when it receives a long SMB share name from a malicious server.
Extended Description
A malicious entity running an SMB server on a network, can create SMB shares with very long names that cause explorer.exe to crash, or allow arbitrary code to be executed.
Short Name
SMB:EXPLOIT:SMB-SHRE-NAME-OFLOW
Severity
Major
Recommended
True
Recommended Action
Drop
Category
SMB
Release Date
05/12/2004
Supported Platforms
srx-branch-12.3
srx-19.3
srx-branch-19.3
vsrx3bsd-19.2
srx-branch-19.4
vsrx-19.4
mx-12.3
mx-19.4
vmx-19.4
mx-19.3
vsrx3bsd-19.4
srx-19.4
vsrx-12.3
vmx-19.3
vsrx-19.2
srx-12.3
Sigpack Version
3324
False Positive
Unknown