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Microsoft Active Directory Denial of Service Vulnerability (953235)

🗓️ 18 Jan 2011 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2011 Greenbone AGType 
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Microsoft Active Directory Denial of Service Vulnerability (953235) impacting Windows 2K, XP, 2K3, 2008 serve

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2011 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.801721");
  script_version("2026-04-28T06:28:06+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2026-04-28 06:28:06 +0000 (Tue, 28 Apr 2026)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2011-01-18 10:00:48 +0100 (Tue, 18 Jan 2011)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.1");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2008-1445");
  script_name("Microsoft Active Directory Denial of Service Vulnerability (953235)");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://securitytracker.com/alerts/2008/Jun/1020229.html");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29584");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-035");

  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"executable_version");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2011 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("Windows : Microsoft Bulletins");
  script_dependencies("secpod_reg_enum.nasl");
  script_require_ports(139, 445);
  script_mandatory_keys("SMB/registry_enumerated");

  script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation will allow attacker to send specially crafted LDAP
  packets to cause the target system to stop responding and automatically restart.");
  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"- Microsoft Windows 2K  Service Pack 4 and prior

  - Microsoft Windows XP  Service Pack 3 and prior

  - Microsoft Windows 2K3 Service Pack 2 and prior

  - Microsoft Windows 2008 server Service Pack 2 and prior");
  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The issue is due to an input validation error in the processing of
  LDAP requests. This can be exploited to cause a vulnerable system to stop
  responding and automatically restart via a specially crafted LDAP packet sent
  to the Active Directory Application Mode (ADAM), Active Directory, or AD LDS server.");
  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"The vendor has released updates. Please see the references for more information.");
  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"This host is missing a critical security update according to
  Microsoft Bulletin MS08-035.");
  exit(0);
}

include("smb_nt.inc");
include("secpod_reg.inc");
include("version_func.inc");
include("secpod_smb_func.inc");

if(hotfix_check_sp(win2k:5, xp:4, win2003:3, win2008:3) <= 0){
  exit(0);
}

# Active Directory
if((hotfix_missing(name:"949014") == 1) &&
   registry_key_exists(key:"SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\NTDS\Performance"))
{
  dllPath = registry_get_sz(key:"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\COM3\Setup",
                            item:"Install Path");
  if(dllPath != NULL)
  {
    share = ereg_replace(pattern:"([A-Z]):.*", replace:"\1$", string:dllPath);
    ntdsaFile = ereg_replace(pattern:"[A-Z]:(.*)", replace:"\1",
                             string:dllPath + "\Ntdsa.dll");
    ntdsaVer = GetVer(file:ntdsaFile, share:share);
    if(ntdsaVer != NULL)
    {
      if(hotfix_check_sp(win2k:5) > 0)
      {
        if(version_is_less(version:ntdsaVer, test_version:"5.0.2195.7155"))
        {
          security_message( port: 0, data: "The target host was found to be vulnerable" );
          exit(0);
        }
      }
      else if(hotfix_check_sp(win2003:3) > 0)
      {
        SP = get_kb_item("SMB/Win2003/ServicePack");
        if("Service Pack 1" >< SP)
        {
          if(version_is_less(version:ntdsaVer, test_version:"5.2.3790.3122")){
            security_message( port: 0, data: "The target host was found to be vulnerable" );
          }
          exit(0);
        }

        if("Service Pack 2" >< SP)
        {
          if(version_is_less(version:ntdsaVer, test_version:"5.2.3790.4274")){
            security_message( port: 0, data: "The target host was found to be vulnerable" );
          }
          exit(0);
        }
        security_message( port: 0, data: "The target host was found to be vulnerable" );
      }
    }
  }

  sysPath = registry_get_sz(key:"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion",
                          item:"PathName");
  if(sysPath)
  {
    dllVer = fetch_file_version(sysPath:sysPath, file_name:"System32\Ntdsai.dll");
    if(dllVer)
    {
      if(hotfix_check_sp(win2008:3) > 0)
      {
        SP = get_kb_item("SMB/WinVista/ServicePack");
        if("Service Pack 1" >< SP)
        {
          if(version_is_less(version:dllVer, test_version:"6.0.6001.18072")){
             security_message( port: 0, data: "The target host was found to be vulnerable" );
          }
          exit(0);
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

# Active Directory Application Mode
if((hotfix_missing(name:"949269") == 1) &&
   registry_key_exists(key:"SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\ADAM\Linkage"))
{
  dllPath = registry_get_sz(key:"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\COM3\Setup",
                            item:"Install Path");
  if(dllPath != NULL)
  {
    share = ereg_replace(pattern:"([A-Z]):.*", replace:"\1$", string:dllPath);
    adamdsaFile = ereg_replace(pattern:"[A-Z]:(.*)", replace:"\1",
                              string:dllPath - "system32" + "ADAM\Adamdsa.dll");
    adamdsaVer = GetVer(file:adamdsaFile, share:share);
    if(adamdsaVer != NULL)
    {
      if(hotfix_check_sp(xp:4, win2003:3) > 0)
      {
        XPSP = get_kb_item("SMB/WinXP/ServicePack");
        k3SP = get_kb_item("SMB/Win2003/ServicePack");
        if(XPSP =~ "Service Pack (2|3)")
        {
          if(version_is_less(version:adamdsaVer, test_version:"1.1.3790.4276")){
            security_message( port: 0, data: "The target host was found to be vulnerable" );
          }
          exit(0);
        }

        if("Service Pack 1" >< k3SP)
        {
          if(version_is_less(version:adamdsaVer, test_version:"1.1.3790.3129")){
            security_message( port: 0, data: "The target host was found to be vulnerable" );
          }
          exit(0);
        }

        if("Service Pack 2" >< k3SP)
        {
          if(version_is_less(version:adamdsaVer, test_version:"1.1.3790.4281")){
            security_message( port: 0, data: "The target host was found to be vulnerable" );
          }
          exit(0);
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

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