CVEvulnerability
CVE-2008-5112
5.0 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2008-11-17
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-200
Description
The LDAP server in Active Directory in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4 and Server 2003 SP1 and SP2 responds differently to a failed bind attempt depending on whether the user account exists and is permitted to login, which allows remote attackers to enumerate valid usernames via a series of LDAP bind requests, as demonstrated by ldapuserenum.
Affected configurations
• microsoft windows server 2003
• microsoft windows 2000
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor weakness
References
- http://labs.portcullis.co.uk/application/ldapuserenum/ labs.portcullis.co.uk
- http://www.portcullis-security.com/294.php www.portcullis-security.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32305 Exploit
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46628 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- http://labs.portcullis.co.uk/application/ldapuserenum/ labs.portcullis.co.uk
- http://www.portcullis-security.com/294.php www.portcullis-security.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32305 Exploit
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46628 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com