CVE-2008-0087

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 32.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-04-08 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-330

Description

The DNS client in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2, Server 2003 SP1 and SP2, and Vista uses predictable DNS transaction IDs, which allows remote attackers to spoof DNS responses.

Affected products

Microsoft Windows 2000: all versions
Microsoft Windows Server 2003: all versions
Microsoft Windows Vista: all versions
Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3: all versions

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=120845064910729&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/29696
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490575/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28553
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019802
http://www.trusteer.com/docs/windowsresolver.html
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-099A.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1144/references
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-020
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5314
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=120845064910729&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/29696

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