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MS15-096: Vulnerability in Active Directory Service Could Allow Denial of Service (3072595)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 85846
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Synopsis
The remote Windows host is affected by a denial of service vulnerability.Description
The remote Windows host is affected by a denial of service vulnerability in Active Directory that is triggered during the handling of a saturation of account creations. An authenticated, remote attacker, with privileges to join machines to a domain, can exploit this vulnerability by creating multiple machine accounts, resulting in the Active Directory service becoming non-responsive.Solution
Microsoft has released a set of patches for Windows 2008, 2008 R2, 2012, and 2012 R2.See Also
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/SecurityBulletins/2015/ms15-096
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 85846
File Name: smb_nt_ms15-096.nasl
Version: 1.7
Type: local
Agent: windows
Family: Windows : Microsoft Bulletins
Published: 9/8/2015
Updated: 11/15/2018
Supported Sensors: Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 3.6
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4
Temporal Score: 3
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:microsoft:windows
Required KB Items: SMB/MS_Bulletin_Checks/Possible
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 9/8/2015
Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/8/2015
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2015-2535
BID: 76554