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CVE Number Vulnerability Product Severity Date
MS15-027 Vulnerability in NETLOGON Could Allow Spoofing (3002657) Windows Server Important 11-03-2015

Technical Information

Brief overview of the risk:
This security update resolves a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows. The vulnerability could allow spoofing if an attacker who is logged on to a domain-joined system runs a specially crafted application that could establish a connection with other domain-joined systems as the impersonated user or system.

Detailed Information on the risk:

A spoofing vulnerability exists in NETLOGON that is caused when the Netlogon service improperly establishes a secure communications channel belonging to a different machine with a spoofed computer name. To successfully exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would first have to be logged on to a domain joined system and be able to observe network traffic. An attacker could then run a specially crafted application that could establish a secure channel connection belonging to different computer. An attacker may be able to use the established secure channel to obtain session-related information for the actual secure channel of the spoofed computer.


Further information on this exploit is available at : MS15-027

Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 
Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition Service Pack 2 
Windows Server 2003 with SP2 for Itanium-based Systems 
Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2 
Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2 
Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems Service Pack 2 
Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1 
Windows Server 2008 R2 for Itanium-based Systems Service Pack 1 
Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012 R2
Windows Server 2012 R2 
Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2 (Server Core installation)
Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2 (Server Core installation) 
Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1 (Server Core installation) 
Windows Server 2012 (Server Core installation) 
Windows Server 2012 R2 (Server Core installation)

Affected Software

Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 
Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition Service Pack 2 
Windows Server 2003 with SP2 for Itanium-based Systems 
Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2 
Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2 
Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems Service Pack 2 
Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1 
Windows Server 2008 R2 for Itanium-based Systems Service Pack 1 
Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012 R2
Windows Server 2012 R2 
Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2 (Server Core installation)
Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2 (Server Core installation) 
Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1 (Server Core installation) 
Windows Server 2012 (Server Core installation) 
Windows Server 2012 R2 (Server Core installation)