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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2009-2505

The Internet Authentication Service (IAS) in Microsoft Windows Vista SP2 and Server 2008 SP2 does not properly validate MS-CHAP v2 Protected Extensible Authentication Protocol (PEAP) authentication requests, which allows remote attackers to execute…

HIGH 10.0EPSS 31.6%

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EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 31.6%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

The Internet Authentication Service (IAS) in Microsoft Windows Vista SP2 and Server 2008 SP2 does not properly validate MS-CHAP v2 Protected Extensible Authentication Protocol (PEAP) authentication requests, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted structures in a malformed request, aka "Internet Authentication Service Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

CVSS 2.0
10.0 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS
31.61% probability · 98th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-287
Affected
microsoft/windows server 2008 · microsoft/windows vista
Source
secure@microsoft.com

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