Microsoft Office Communicator resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in Microsoft Office Communicator. This impacts an unknown function. The manipulation leads to resource management. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2008-5181. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Office Communicator (Office Suite Software) (affected version not known) and classified as problematic. This issue affects some unknown functionality. 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. The summary by CVE is:

Microsoft Communicator allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application or device outage) via instant messages containing large numbers of emoticons.

The weakness was released 11/20/2008 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at securitytracker.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2008-5181 since 11/20/2008. The exploitation is known to be easy. 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.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (46671) and SecurityTracker (ID 1021294†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-45130 and VDB-45129. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Type

Office Suite Software

Vendor

Microsoft

Name

Office Communicator

License

commercial

Website

Vendor: https://www.microsoft.com/

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.9

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.9
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Unproven

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

11/20/2008 🔍
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12/01/2008 +11 days 🔍
03/17/2015 +2297 days 🔍
12/02/2017 +991 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: securitytracker.com⛔
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2008-5181 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-5181
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-45131
X-Force: 46671 - Microsoft Communicator emoticon unspecified denial of service
SecurityTracker: 1021294

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/17/2015 16:11
Updated: 12/02/2017 10:34
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (47), 12/02/2017 10:34 (6)
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Cache ID: 216:22B:103

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