CVE-2009-3103
highpriority · act · 82EPSS 0.923 · 100 %ileexploit · functionalEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Array index error in the SMBv2 protocol implementation in srv2.sys in Microsoft Windows Vista Gold, SP1, and SP2, Windows Server 2008 Gold and SP2, and Windows 7 RC allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (system crash) via an & (ampersand) character in a Process ID High header field in a NEGOTIATE PROTOCOL REQUEST packet, which triggers an attempted dereference of an out-of-bounds memory location, aka "SMBv2 Negotiation Vulnerability." NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · high–critical · 10–10
weaknesses
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exploits (15)
Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.
- EDB-10005Microsoft Windows 7/2008 R2 - Remote Kernel Crashfunctional · exploit_db
- EDB-12524Microsoft Windows - SMB2 Negotiate Protocol '0x72' Response Denial of Servicefunctional · exploit_db
affected products (9)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
- microsoft windows server 2008all versionsnvdUScpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
also known as (3)
Other names and identifiers for this entity.
sources
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references (36)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2009-09/0090.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://blog.48bits.com/?p=510enisa_euvd
- http://g-laurent.blogspot.com/2009/09/windows-vista7-smb20-negotiate-protocol.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=7093enisa_euvd
- http://osvdb.org/57799enisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36623enisa_euvd
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9594enisa_euvd
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/135940enisa_euvd
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