CVE-2009-1138 describes a critical memory management vulnerability in the LDAP service of Active Directory on Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4. This flaw, likely a memory leak, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by sending specially crafted LDAP or LDAPS requests utilizing hexadecimal encoding for a "DN AttributeValue," which causes memory to not be properly freed. With a CVSS score of 10.0, this vulnerability is highly severe, requiring no authentication and having low attack complexity, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its critical nature and high EPSS score, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.