{"id":"CVE-2013-3868","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2013-3868","generatedAt":"2026-11-05T07:25:04.637Z","title":"Microsoft Active Directory Lightweight Directory Service (AD LDS) on Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, and Windows 8 and Active Directory Services on Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1 and Server 2012 allow remote…","description":"Microsoft Active Directory Lightweight Directory Service (AD LDS) on Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, and Windows 8 and Active Directory Services on Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1 and Server 2012 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (LDAP directory-service outage) via a crafted LDAP query, aka \"Remote Anonymous DoS Vulnerability.\"","published":"2013-09-11T14:03:48.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T23:55:56.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"secure@microsoft.com","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":5,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-20"],"affected":["microsoft/active directory lightweight directory service","microsoft/windows server 2008","microsoft/windows 8","microsoft/windows 7","microsoft/windows server 2012","microsoft/windows vista"],"epss":{"score":0.36214,"percentile":0.98483,"date":"2026-11-04","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 36.2%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA13-253A","tags":["US Government Resource"],"source":"secure@microsoft.com"},{"url":"https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2013/ms13-079","source":"secure@microsoft.com"},{"url":"http://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA13-253A","tags":["US Government Resource"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2013/ms13-079","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-3868","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}