Microsoft Windows input validation

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Microsoft Windows (Operating System) (the affected version unknown). This affects an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS) in Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP2 and Server 2008 Gold and SP2 does not properly validate headers in HTTP requests, which allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via a crafted request to an IIS web server, aka "Remote Code Execution in ADFS Vulnerability."

The weakness was published 12/09/2009 with Microsoft (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at us-cert.gov. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2009-2509 since 07/17/2009. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. A authentication is necessary for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 43062 (MS09-070: Vulnerabilities in Active Directory Federation Services Could Allow Remote Code Execution (971726)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows : Microsoft Bulletins and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 90573 (Microsoft Active Directory Federation Services Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (MS09-070)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 8748.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (54427) and Tenable (43062). Similar entries are available at 4067, 51078, 51077 and 51076.

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Class: Input validation
CWE: CWE-20
ATT&CK: Unknown

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Nessus ID: 43062
Nessus Name: MS09-070: Vulnerabilities in Active Directory Federation Services Could Allow Remote Code Execution (971726)
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OpenVAS ID: 901064
OpenVAS Name: Microsoft Windows ADFS Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (971726)
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com
Product: microsoft.com

Advisory: us-cert.gov
Organization: Microsoft
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2009-2509 (🔍)
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X-Force: 54427
Vulnerability Center: 24324 - [MS09-070] Microsoft Windows ADFS Headers Request Remote Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability, High
SecurityFocus: 37214 - Microsoft Active Directory Federation Services Header Validation Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

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Created: 03/18/2015 15:15
Updated: 09/18/2018 08:45
Changes: 03/18/2015 15:15 (70), 09/18/2018 08:45 (13)
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