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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2009-1138

The LDAP service in Active Directory on Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4 does not properly free memory for LDAP and LDAPS requests, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a request that uses hexadecimal encoding, whose associated memory…

HIGH 10.0EPSS 39.4%

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EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 39.4%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

The LDAP service in Active Directory on Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4 does not properly free memory for LDAP and LDAPS requests, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a request that uses hexadecimal encoding, whose associated memory is not released, related to a "DN AttributeValue," aka "Active Directory Invalid Free Vulnerability." NOTE: this issue is probably a memory leak.

CVSS 2.0
10.0 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS
39.40% probability · 99th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-399
Affected
microsoft/windows 2000
Source
secure@microsoft.com

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.