CVE-2008-5180 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.82336.

Exploitation poc

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_communicator:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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No data.

Project Subscriptions

Vendors	Products
Microsoft Subscribe	Office Communicator Subscribe

Advisories

No advisories yet.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/32940
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/12079
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/39221
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021294
http://www.voipshield.com/research-details.php?id=133
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46673
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/57581
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7262

History

Tue, 15 Oct 2024 15:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L'}` ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2008-11-20T15:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-10-15T14:25:12.919Z

Reserved: 2008-11-20T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2008-5180

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-07T10:40:17.198Z

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2008-11-20T15:30:00.390

Modified: 2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Link: CVE-2008-5180

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-770

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