CVE-2008-5180

Microsoft Office - Communicator 'SIP' Remote Denial of Service

Severity Score

5.3

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

Attend

*SSVC

Descriptions

Microsoft Communicator, and Communicator in Microsoft Office 2010 beta, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large number of SIP INVITE requests, which trigger the creation of many sessions.

Microsoft Communicator permite a atacantes remotos causar una denegación de servicio (consumo de memoria) a través de un gran numero de solicitudes SIP INVITE que produce la creación de muchas sesiones.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Low

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:Attend

Exploitation

Poc

Automatable

Yes

Tech. Impact

Partial

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2008-11-20 CVE Reserved
2008-11-20 CVE Published
2010-04-06 First Exploit
2024-10-15 CVE Updated
2025-02-09 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-770: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

CAPEC

References (9)

URL	Tag	Source
http://secunia.com/advisories/32940	Broken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/39221	Broken Link
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021294	Broken Link
http://www.voipshield.com/research-details.php?id=133	Broken Link
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46673	Third Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/57581	Third Party Advisory

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7262	2024-10-15
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/12079	2010-04-06
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/12079	2024-10-15

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Office Communicator Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Office Communicator"				*		-		Affected