Microsoft Windows credentials management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Microsoft Windows. This vulnerability affects unknown code. This manipulation causes credentials management. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2009-1930. There is no available exploit. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Microsoft Windows (Operating System) (affected version unknown). Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a credentials management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-255. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The Telnet service in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2 and SP3, Server 2003 SP2, Vista Gold, SP1, and SP2, and Server 2008 Gold and SP2 allows remote Telnet servers to execute arbitrary code on a client machine by replaying the NTLM credentials of a client user, aka "Telnet Credential Reflection Vulnerability," a related issue to CVE-2000-0834.

The weakness was presented 08/12/2009 by Beau Butler with @stake (Website). The advisory is shared at us-cert.gov. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2009-1930 since 06/04/2009. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1552 for this issue.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 40561 (MS09-042: Vulnerability in Telnet Could Allow Remote Code Execution (960859)), 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 42020 (Microsoft Telnet Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (MS09-042)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. 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 19913.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (52108), Tenable (40561), SecurityFocus (BID 35993†), OSVDB (56904†) and Secunia (SA36222†). See VDB-48894, VDB-49395, VDB-49394 and VDB-49392 for similar entries. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Class: Credentials management
CWE: CWE-255
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Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 40561
Nessus Name: MS09-042: Vulnerability in Telnet Could Allow Remote Code Execution (960859)
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OpenVAS ID: 900909
OpenVAS Name: Telnet NTLM Credential Reflection Authentication Bypass Vulnerability (960859)
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Saint ID: exploit_info/windows_telnet_credential_reflection
Saint Name: Windows Telnet credential reflection

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com
Product: microsoft.com

Advisory: us-cert.gov
Researcher: Beau Butler
Organization: @stake
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2009-1930 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2009-1930
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-49393

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X-Force: 52108
SecurityFocus: 35993 - Microsoft Windows Telnet NTLM Credential Reflection Authentication Bypass Vulnerability
Secunia: 36222
OSVDB: 56904 - Microsoft Windows Telnet NTLM Credential Reflection Remote Access
SecurityTracker: 1022716
Vulnerability Center: 23195 - [MS09-042] Microsoft Windows Remote Telnet NTLM Credential Reflection Vulnerability, Critical
Vupen: ADV-2009-2237

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/18/2015 15:15
Updated: 04/07/2025 14:49
Changes: 03/18/2015 15:15 (72), 09/18/2018 08:37 (21), 04/07/2025 14:49 (18)
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Cache ID: 216:276:103

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