CVE-2008-5229
Un desbordamiento de búfer en la región stack de la memoria en Device IO Control de Microsoft en la biblioteca iphlpapi.dll en Microsoft Windows Vista Gold y SP1, permite a los usuarios locales del grupo Operador de Configuración de Red alcanzar privilegios o causar una denegación de servicio (bloqueo del sistema) por medio de un prefixLength largo no válido en el método CreateIpForwardEntry2, como es demostrado mediante un comando "route add". NOTA: es posible que este problema no cruce los límites de privilegios.
CVSS
- Versión: 2.0
- Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Puntuación base: 6.9
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 2.59%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 85
- Fecha de la puntuación: 8/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
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- Publicado en Exploit-DB · Microsoft Windows Vista - 'iphlpapi.dll' Local Kernel Buffer Overflow (19/11/2008)
Tecnologías afectadas (1)
CWE
- CWE-119
Referencias
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32791
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4646
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1021245
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498471/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498650/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32357
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46742
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32791
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4646
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1021245
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498471/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498650/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32357
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46742
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