Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 SP2 up to Server 2012 Domain-Controller Communication Credentials information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 SP2 up to Server 2012. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Domain-Controller Communication Handler. Performing a manipulation results in information disclosure (Credentials). This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2015-2374. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. Applying a patch is the recommended action to fix this issue.

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A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 SP2 up to Server 2012 (Operating System). It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown function of the component Domain-Controller Communication Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability (Credentials). CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

The Netlogon service in Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP2 and R2 SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, and Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2 does not properly implement domain-controller communication, which allows remote attackers to discover credentials by leveraging certain PDC access and spoofing the BDC role in a PDC communication channel, aka "Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability in Netlogon."

The weakness was released 07/14/2015 with Microsoft as MS15-071 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is shared at technet.microsoft.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2015-2374 since 03/19/2015. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1592 for this issue.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 84735 (MS15-071: Vulnerability in NETLOGON Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (3068457)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows : Microsoft Bulletins. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 91069 (Microsoft Windows Netlogon Spoofing Vulnerability (MS15-071)).

Applying the patch MS15-071 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at technet.microsoft.com.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (84735), SecurityFocus (BID 75633†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-51203†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-76460, VDB-76458 and VDB-76457. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Name: Credentials
Class: Information disclosure / Credentials
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Nessus ID: 84735
Nessus Name: MS15-071: Vulnerability in NETLOGON Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (3068457)
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Patch: MS15-071

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Vendor: microsoft.com
Product: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS15-071
Organization: Microsoft
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2015-2374 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-2374
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-76461

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SecurityFocus: 75633 - Microsoft Windows 'Netlogon' Service CVE-2015-2374 Remote Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1032900
Vulnerability Center: 51203 - [MS15-071] Microsoft Windows Remote Credentials Disclosure in Netlogon, Low

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20140213
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Created: 07/15/2015 13:48
Updated: 11/28/2024 16:54
Changes: 07/15/2015 13:48 (63), 05/03/2019 08:01 (10), 05/31/2022 14:16 (2), 05/31/2022 14:17 (1), 11/28/2024 16:54 (16)
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