Microsoft Windows Server 2008/Vista IPsec Policy information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Microsoft Windows Server 2008/Vista and classified as problematic. This affects an unknown part of the component IPsec Policy Handler. The manipulation leads to information disclosure. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2008-2246. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Windows Server 2008/Vista (Operating System). It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects an unknown part of the component IPsec Policy Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Microsoft Windows Vista through SP1 and Server 2008 do not properly import the default IPsec policy from a Windows Server 2003 domain to a Windows Server 2008 domain, which prevents IPsec rules from being enforced and allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions.

The weakness was disclosed 08/12/2008 with Microsoft as MS08-047 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is shared at microsoft.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2008-2246 since 05/16/2008. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1592 for this issue.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. We expect the 0-day to have been worth approximately $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 33876 (MS08-047: Vulnerability in IPsec Policy Processing Could Allow Information Disclosure (953733)), 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 90447 (Microsoft IPsec Policy Processing Information Disclosure Vulnerability (MS08-047)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch MS08-047 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at microsoft.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (44087), Tenable (33876), SecurityFocus (BID 30634†), OSVDB (47396†) and Secunia (SA31411†). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Local: No
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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 33876
Nessus Name: MS08-047: Vulnerability in IPsec Policy Processing Could Allow Information Disclosure (953733)
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OpenVAS ID: 801484
OpenVAS Name: Microsoft Windows IPsec Policy Processing Information Disclosure Vulnerability (953733)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Patch: MS08-047

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com
Product: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS08-047
Organization: Microsoft
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2008-2246 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-2246
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-3797

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X-Force: 44087
SecurityFocus: 30634 - Microsoft Windows IPsec Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Secunia: 31411 - Microsoft Windows IPsec Policy Processing Information Disclosure, Less Critical
OSVDB: 47396 - Microsoft Windows IPsec Policy Import Failure Cleartext Remote Information Disclosure
SecurityTracker: 1020678 - Microsoft Windows IPSec Policy May Not Be Enforced in Certain Cases
Vulnerability Center: 19158 - [MS08-047] Microsoft Windows Vista and Server 2008 IPsec Processing Allows Information Disclosure, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2008-2351

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20140213

Entryinfo

Created: 08/19/2008 16:45
Updated: 05/31/2025 17:22
Changes: 08/19/2008 16:45 (86), 04/07/2017 12:38 (13), 03/16/2021 17:30 (3), 05/31/2025 17:22 (16)
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