Microsoft Windows Active Directory Federation Service credentials management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Windows. It has been rated as critical. This affects an unknown function of the component Active Directory Federation Service. The manipulation leads to credentials management. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2009-2508. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Windows (Operating System) (version unknown). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown function of the component Active Directory Federation Service. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a credentials management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-255. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The single sign-on implementation in Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS) in Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP2 and Server 2008 Gold and SP2 does not properly remove credentials at the end of a network session, which allows physically proximate attackers to obtain the credentials of a previous user of the same web browser by using data from the browser s cache, aka "Single Sign On Spoofing in ADFS Vulnerability."

The weakness was disclosed 12/08/2009 with Microsoft as MS09-070 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). It is possible to read the advisory at microsoft.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2009-2508 since 07/17/2009. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1552 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

We expect the 0-day to have been worth approximately $25k-$100k. 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. Applying the patch MS09-070 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 (54425), Tenable (43062), SecurityFocus (BID 37214†), OSVDB (60835†) and Secunia (SA37542†). The entry VDB-51075 is pretty similar. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Credentials management
CWE: CWE-255
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Physical: Partially
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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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Recommended: Upgrade
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Patch: MS09-070

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com
Product: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS09-070
Organization: Microsoft
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2009-2508 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2009-2508
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-4067

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X-Force: 54425
SecurityFocus: 37214 - Microsoft Active Directory Federation Services Header Validation Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Secunia: 37542 - Windows Active Directory Federation Services Two Vulnerabilities, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 60835 - Microsoft Windows Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS) Single Sign-on Spoofing
Vulnerability Center: 24322 - [MS09-070] Microsoft Windows ADFS Single Sign On Spoofing Information Disclosure Vulnerability, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 12/16/2009 11:02
Updated: 03/17/2021 16:33
Changes: 12/16/2009 11:02 (85), 02/18/2017 09:22 (10), 03/17/2021 16:33 (3)
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Cache ID: 216:560:103

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