01 Record
CVE-2008-0087
The DNS client in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2, Server 2003 SP1 and SP2, and Vista uses predictable DNS transaction IDs, which allows remote attackers to spoof DNS responses.
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: microsoft
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
The DNS client in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2, Server 2003 SP1 and SP2, and Vista uses predictable DNS transaction IDs, which allows remote attackers to spoof DNS responses.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 32.44% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 98.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2008-04-08 23:00Z18 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 07:32Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2008-01-03
- Assigning CNA
- microsoft
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-330Use of Insufficiently Random ValuesClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 3e717925654ea737c722c5927f85d04b0f31af0bc5ef8a261bc99336965d8bf3
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.us-cert.govTA08-099Ahttp://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-099A.html
- marc.infoSSRT080048http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=120845064910729&w=2
- docs.microsoft.comMS08-020https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-020
- secunia.com29696http://secunia.com/advisories/29696
- www.trusteer.comhttp://www.trusteer.com/docs/windowsresolver.html
- www.securitytracker.com1019802http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019802
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:5314https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5314
- www.vupen.comADV-2008-1144http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1144/references
- www.securityfocus.com20080408 Microsoft Windows DNS Stub Resolver Cache Poisoning (MS08-020)http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490575/100/0/threaded
- www.securityfocus.com28553http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28553