CVEvulnerability
CVE-2008-5100
10.0 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2008-11-17
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 10.0 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-310
Description
The strong name (SN) implementation in Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0.50727 relies on the digital signature Public Key Token embedded in the pathname of a DLL file instead of the digital signature of this file itself, which makes it easier for attackers to bypass Global Assembly Cache (GAC) and Code Access Security (CAS) protection mechanisms, aka MSRC ticket MSRC8566gs.
Affected configurations
• microsoft .net framework 2.0.50727
Related
Weakness · not in database (1)
References
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4605 securityreason.com
- http://www.applicationsecurity.co.il/.NET-Framework-Rootkits.aspx www.applicationsecurity.co.il
- http://www.applicationsecurity.co.il/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=ycIS1bewMBI%3d&tabid=161&mid=555 Exploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498311/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4605 securityreason.com
- http://www.applicationsecurity.co.il/.NET-Framework-Rootkits.aspx www.applicationsecurity.co.il
- http://www.applicationsecurity.co.il/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=ycIS1bewMBI%3d&tabid=161&mid=555 Exploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498311/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com