Description
Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS) in Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP2 and Server 2008 Gold and SP2 does not properly validate headers in HTTP requests, which allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via a crafted request to an IIS web server, aka "Remote Code Execution in ADFS Vulnerability."
References (3)
Core 3
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
signature
x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6441
US Government Resource third-party-advisory
x_refsource_cert
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-342A.html
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_ms
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-070
Scores
EPSS
0.1705
EPSS Percentile
96.7%
Details
CWE
CWE-20
Status
published
Products (2)
microsoft/windows_server_2003
microsoft/windows_server_2008
(4 CPE variants)
Published
Dec 09, 2009
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026