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CVE-2009-2508

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.9 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2009-12-09 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-255

Description

The single sign-on implementation in Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS) in Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP2 and Server 2008 Gold and SP2 does not properly remove credentials at the end of a network session, which allows physically proximate attackers to obtain the credentials of a previous user of the same web browser by using data from the browser's cache, aka "Single Sign On Spoofing in ADFS Vulnerability."

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows Server 2003: all versions
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008: all versions

References

• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-342A.html
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-070
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5882
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-342A.html
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-070
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5882

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