Microsoft Windows up to XP MS-CHAP V2 Authentication missing encryption
CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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6.0 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Windows up to XP (Operating System). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects some unknown functionality of the component MS-CHAP V2 Authentication. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a missing encryption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-311. The product does not encrypt sensitive or critical information before storage or transmission. Impacted is confidentiality, and integrity.
The weakness was shared 07/29/2012 by Moxie Marlinspike as 2743314 as confirmed talk (Conference) via Defcon. The advisory is shared at computerworld.com. The public release happened without involvement of Microsoft. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 08/19/2018). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1600 for this issue. Due to its background and reception, this vulnerability has a historic impact.
After immediately, there has been an exploit disclosed. The exploit is available at github.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. We expect the 0-day to have been worth approximately $5k-$25k.
Upgrading to version 2744850 eliminates this vulnerability. It is possible to mitigate the problem by applying the configuration setting Enable PEAP (Protected Extensible Authentication Protocol)
. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be the change of configuration settings.
support.microsoft.com is providing further details.
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- end of life (old version)
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.5VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.0
VulDB Base Score: 6.5
VulDB Temp Score: 6.0
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CVSSv2
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Exploiting
Class: Missing encryptionCWE: CWE-311 / CWE-310
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Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Threat Intelligence
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Countermeasures
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Upgrade: Windows 2744850
Config: Enable PEAP (Protected Extensible Authentication Protocol)
Timeline
07/29/2012 🔍07/29/2012 🔍
08/20/2012 🔍
08/22/2012 🔍
08/30/2012 🔍
08/19/2018 🔍
Sources
Vendor: microsoft.comProduct: microsoft.com
Advisory: 2743314
Researcher: Moxie Marlinspike
Status: Confirmed
Confirmation: 🔍
OSVDB: 84912 - Microsoft MS-CHAP V2 Virtual Private Network (VPN) MitM Password Disclosure
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20140213
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Entry
Created: 08/30/2012 17:48Updated: 08/19/2018 20:02
Changes: 08/30/2012 17:48 (56), 08/19/2018 20:02 (2)
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