Vulnerability Details : CVE-2008-1447

The DNS protocol, as implemented in (1) BIND 8 and 9 before 9.5.0-P1, 9.4.2-P1, and 9.3.5-P1; (2) Microsoft DNS in Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2 and SP3, and Server 2003 SP1 and SP2; and other implementations allow remote attackers to spoof DNS traffic via a birthday attack that uses in-bailiwick referrals to conduct cache poisoning against recursive resolvers, related to insufficient randomness of DNS transaction IDs and source ports, aka "DNS Insufficient Socket Entropy Vulnerability" or "the Kaminsky bug."
Published 2008-07-08 23:41:00
Updated 2020-03-24 18:19:46
Source Microsoft Corporation
View at NVD,   CVE.org
At least one public exploit which can be used to exploit this vulnerability exists!

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-1447

Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days: 13.08%

Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less: ~ 95 % EPSS Score History EPSS FAQ

Metasploit modules for CVE-2008-1447

  • DNS BailiWicked Host Attack
    Disclosure Date: 2008-07-21
    First seen: 2020-04-26
    auxiliary/spoof/dns/bailiwicked_host
    This exploit attacks a fairly ubiquitous flaw in DNS implementations which Dan Kaminsky found and disclosed ~Jul 2008. This exploit caches a single malicious host entry into the target nameserver by sending random hostname queries to the target DNS server coupled wi
  • DNS BailiWicked Domain Attack
    Disclosure Date: 2008-07-21
    First seen: 2020-04-26
    auxiliary/spoof/dns/bailiwicked_domain
    This exploit attacks a fairly ubiquitous flaw in DNS implementations which Dan Kaminsky found and disclosed ~Jul 2008. This exploit replaces the target domains nameserver entries in a vulnerable DNS cache server. This attack works by sending random hostname queries

CVSS scores for CVE-2008-1447

Base Score Base Severity CVSS Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
5.0
 MEDIUM AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
10.0
2.9
 nvd@nist.gov
6.8
 MEDIUM CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N
2.2
4.0
 nvd@nist.gov

CWE ids for CVE-2008-1447

  • The product uses an algorithm or scheme that produces insufficient entropy, leaving patterns or clusters of values that are more likely to occur than others.
    Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

Vendor statements for CVE-2008-1447

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