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Telnet NTLM Credential Reflection Authentication Bypass Vulnerability (960859)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
This host is missing a critical security update according to Microsoft Bulletin MS09-042.
Insight
Insight
An error in the Telnet service when handling NTLM authentication can be exploited to reflect the user credentials and gain unauthorized access to the affected system.
Affected Software
Affected Software
Microsoft Windows 2K Service Pack 4 and prior. Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3 and prior. Microsoft Windows 2003 Service Pack 2 and prior. Microsoft Vista Service Pack 2 and prior. Microsoft Windows 2008 Service Pack 2 and prior.
Solution
Solution
The vendor has released updates. Please see the references for more information.