National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2008-4037
Original release date:11/12/2008
Last revised:08/20/2009
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
Microsoft Windows 2000 Gold through SP4, XP Gold through SP3, Server 2003 SP1 and SP2, Vista Gold and SP1, and Server 2008 allows remote SMB servers to execute arbitrary code on a client machine by replaying the NTLM credentials of a client user, as demonstrated by backrush, aka "SMB Credential Reflection Vulnerability." NOTE: some reliable sources report that this vulnerability exists because of an insufficient fix for CVE-2000-0834.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
10.0
Exploitability Subscore:
8.6
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable; Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
Access Complexity: Medium
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Provides administrator access, Allows complete confidentiality, integrity, and availability violation; Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows disruption of service
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US-CERT Technical Alert: TA08-316A
Name: TA08-316A
External Source: BID
Name: 7385
Type: Patch Information
External Source: MS
Name: MS08-068
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: MISC
Name: http://www.xfocus.net/articles/200305/smbrelay.html
External Source: MISC
Name: http://www.veracode.com/blog/2008/11/microsoft-fixes-8-year-old-design-flaw-in-smb/
External Source: MISC
Name: http://www.securityfocus.com/data/vulnerabilities/exploits/backrush.patch.README
External Source: MISC
Name: http://www.securityfocus.com/data/vulnerabilities/exploits/backrush.patch
External Source: MISC
Name: http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/111208-microsoft-seven-year-security-patch.html
External Source: MILW0RM
Name: 7125
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2008-3110
Type: Advisory
External Source: SECTRACK
Name: 1021163
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 32633
Type: Advisory
External Source: OVAL
Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6012
External Source: OSVDB
Name: 49736