CVE-2008-5229

CVSS V2 Medium 6.9 CVSS V3 None

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Device IO Control in iphlpapi.dll in Microsoft Windows Vista Gold and SP1 allows local users in the Network Configuration Operator group to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (system crash) via a large invalid PrefixLength to the CreateIpForwardEntry2 method, as demonstrated by a "route add" command. NOTE: this issue might not cross privilege boundaries.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2008-5229

Assigner
cve@mitre.org

Vulnerability Status
Modified

Published Version
2008-11-25T23:30:00

Last Modified Date
2018-10-11T20:54:25

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-119	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/119.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version Start	Version End
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_vista::sp1::::::*	1	OR
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_vista:gold:::::::*	1	OR

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

Vector String
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Access Vector
LOCAL

Access Compatibility
MEDIUM

Authentication
NONE

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE

Integrity Impact
COMPLETE

Availability Impact
COMPLETE

Base Score
6.9

Severity
MEDIUM

Exploitability Score
3.4

Impact Score
10

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
http://securitytracker.com/id?1021245	Exploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32357	Exploit
http://secunia.com/advisories/32791	Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498650/100/0/threaded
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4646	Exploit
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46742
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498471/100/0/threaded

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5229
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-5229

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 18:27:32				Added to TrackCVE