HIGH
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."
Published Oct 15, 2008
10.0
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 39.17%
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
No data.
- n/a
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
10.0 HIGH NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact Complete
Availability Impact Complete
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
39.17% 0.39170
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.39170
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (23 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 39.17% (0.39170) | 98.56th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 39.17% (0.39170) | 98.41th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jan 22, 2026 | 60.16% (0.60161) | 98.21th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 23, 2025 | 62.76% (0.62764) | 98.28th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 1, 2025 | 65.98% (0.65976) | 98.47th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| May 26, 2025 | 62.76% (0.62764) | 98.25th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| May 3, 2025 | 64.29% (0.64289) | 98.33th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 65.96% (0.65957) | 98.38th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 74.32% (0.74320) | 98.48th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 65.96% (0.65957) | 98.37th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 86.88% (0.86884) | 98.86th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 11, 2024 | 74.42% (0.74417) | 98.18th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 6, 2024 | 79.16% (0.79158) | 98.30th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 31, 2024 | 87.35% (0.87352) | 98.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 25, 2024 | 87.66% (0.87660) | 98.61th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 20, 2024 | 88.36% (0.88356) | 98.61th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 12, 2024 | 87.15% (0.87148) | 98.50th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 21, 2023 | 89.18% (0.89182) | 98.33th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 14, 2023 | 89.95% (0.89954) | 98.21th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 91.88% (0.91879) | 98.32th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 46.72% (0.46718) | 98.56th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Mar 17, 2022 | 46.72% (0.46718) | 98.09th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 49.76% (0.49756) | 98.28th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (9)
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122479227205998&w=2 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HP
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32242 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31609 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021042 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-288A.html third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTUS Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2811 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-060 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MS
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45585 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6107 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122479227205998&w=2 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HP | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/32242 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31609 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021042 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-288A.html | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTUS Government Resource | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2811 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN | |
| https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-060 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MS | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45585 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF | |
| https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6107 | vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner microsoft
Published Oct 15, 2008
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Sep 10, 2008
Link CVE-2008-4023
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a