Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4 Active Directory resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4. The affected element is an unknown function of the component Active Directory. The manipulation leads to resource management. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2008-4023. No exploit is available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4 (Operating System). This issue affects some unknown functionality of the component Active Directory. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-399. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Active Directory in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4 does not properly allocate memory for (1) LDAP and (2) LDAPS requests, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted request, aka "Active Directory Overflow Vulnerability."

The bug was discovered 10/14/2008. The weakness was published 10/15/2008 by Paul Miseiko with nCircle as MS08-060 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is shared at microsoft.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2008-4023 since 09/10/2008. 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.

After even before and not, there has been an exploit disclosed. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1937 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $100k and more. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 34405 (MS08-060: Microsoft Windows Active Directory LDAP(S) Request Handling Remote Overflow (957280)), 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 90461 (Microsoft Active Directory Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (MS08-060)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch MS08-060 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 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 6480.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (45585), Tenable (34405), SecurityFocus (BID 31609†), OSVDB (49058†) and Secunia (SA32242†). Similar entries are available at VDB-3849 and VDB-3846. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 34405
Nessus Name: MS08-060: Microsoft Windows Active Directory LDAP(S) Request Handling Remote Overflow (957280)
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OpenVAS ID: 900050
OpenVAS Name: Active Directory Could Allow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (957280)
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com
Product: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS08-060
Researcher: Paul Miseiko
Organization: nCircle
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2008-4023 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-4023
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-3845

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X-Force: 45585 - Microsoft Windows Active Directory LDAP search buffer overflow, High Risk
SecurityFocus: 31609 - Microsoft Windows Active Directory LDAP Request Handling Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Secunia: 32242
OSVDB: 49058 - Microsoft Windows Active Directory LDAP(S) Request Handling Remote Overflow
SecurityTracker: 1021042
Vulnerability Center: 19721 - [MS08-060] Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4 Active Directory LDAP Requests Overflow Vulnerability, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2008-2811

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Entryinfo

Created: 10/17/2008 16:29
Updated: 05/26/2025 04:03
Changes: 10/17/2008 16:29 (108), 08/18/2019 17:23 (1), 05/26/2025 04:03 (18)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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