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National Vulnerability Database

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CVE-2008-4037 Detail

Current Description

Microsoft Windows 2000 Gold through SP4, XP Gold through SP3, Server 2003 SP1 and SP2, Vista Gold and SP1, and Server 2008 allows remote SMB servers to execute arbitrary code on a client machine by replaying the NTLM credentials of a client user, as demonstrated by backrush, aka "SMB Credential Reflection Vulnerability." NOTE: some reliable sources report that this vulnerability exists because of an insufficient fix for CVE-2000-0834.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122703006921213&w=2 CVE, Microsoft Corporation
http://osvdb.org/49736 CVE, Microsoft Corporation
http://secunia.com/advisories/32633 CVE, Microsoft Corporation Vendor Advisory 
http://securitytracker.com/id?1021163 CVE, Microsoft Corporation
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/111208-microsoft-seven-year-security-patch.html CVE, Microsoft Corporation
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7385 CVE, Microsoft Corporation Exploit  Patch 
http://www.securityfocus.com/data/vulnerabilities/exploits/backrush.patch CVE, Microsoft Corporation Exploit 
http://www.securityfocus.com/data/vulnerabilities/exploits/backrush.patch.README CVE, Microsoft Corporation Exploit 
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-316A.html CVE, Microsoft Corporation US Government Resource 
http://www.veracode.com/blog/2008/11/microsoft-fixes-8-year-old-design-flaw-in-smb/ CVE, Microsoft Corporation
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3110 CVE, Microsoft Corporation Vendor Advisory 
http://www.xfocus.net/articles/200305/smbrelay.html CVE, Microsoft Corporation
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-068 CVE, Microsoft Corporation
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6012 CVE, Microsoft Corporation
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7125 CVE, Microsoft Corporation

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-287 Improper Authentication cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2008-4037
NVD Published Date:
11/12/2008
NVD Last Modified:
04/08/2025
Source:
Microsoft Corporation