CVE-2008-4023

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 39.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-10-15 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-399

Description

Active Directory in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4 does not properly allocate memory for (1) LDAP and (2) LDAPS requests, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted request, aka "Active Directory Overflow Vulnerability."

Affected products

Microsoft Windows 2000: all versions

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122479227205998&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/32242
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31609
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021042
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-288A.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2811
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-060
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45585
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6107
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122479227205998&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/32242
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31609

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