Microsoft Windows Active Directory resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in Microsoft Windows. Affected is an unknown function of the component Active Directory. Such manipulation leads to resource management. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2009-1928. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Windows (Operating System) (unknown version). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block 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 availability. CVE summarizes:

Stack consumption vulnerability in the LDAP service in Active Directory on Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, Server 2003 SP2, and Server 2008 Gold and SP2; Active Directory Application Mode (ADAM) on Windows XP SP2 and SP3 and Server 2003 SP2; and Active Directory Lightweight Directory Service (AD LDS) on Windows Server 2008 Gold and SP2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system hang) via a malformed (1) LDAP or (2) LDAPS request, aka "LSASS Recursive Stack Overflow Vulnerability."

The weakness was presented 11/10/2009 with Microsoft as MS09-066 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is available at microsoft.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2009-1928 since 06/04/2009. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

As 0-day the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 42440 (MS09-066: Vulnerability in Active Directory Could Allow Denial of Service (973309)), 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 90568 (Microsoft Active Directory Denial of Service Vulnerability (MS09-066)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch MS09-066 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. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 9232.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (53991), Tenable (42440), SecurityFocus (BID 36918†), OSVDB (59856†) and Secunia (SA37304†). See VDB-4060 for similar entry. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.2

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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Nessus ID: 42440
Nessus Name: MS09-066: Vulnerability in Active Directory Could Allow Denial of Service (973309)
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OpenVAS ID: 901048
OpenVAS Name: Microsoft Windows Active Directory Denial of Service Vulnerability (973309)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Patch: MS09-066
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com
Product: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS09-066
Organization: Microsoft
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2009-1928 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2009-1928
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-4058

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X-Force: 53991
SecurityFocus: 36918 - Microsoft Active Directory LDAP Request Stack Exhaustion Denial Of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 37304 - Microsoft Windows Active Directory Denial of Service, Less Critical
OSVDB: 59856 - Microsoft Windows Active Directory Malformed LDAP Request Stack Exhaustion Remote DoS
Vulnerability Center: 24005 - [MS09-066] Microsoft Windows ADAM and AD LDS Request Remote DoS Vulnerability, High

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Entryinfo

Created: 11/19/2009 16:46
Updated: 04/07/2025 14:49
Changes: 11/19/2009 16:46 (85), 02/16/2017 16:19 (10), 03/17/2021 16:03 (3), 04/07/2025 14:49 (16)
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