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CVE-2008-5112

MEDIUM CVSS: 5.0 Published: 2008-11-17 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

The LDAP server in Active Directory in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4 and Server 2003 SP1 and SP2 responds differently to a failed bind attempt depending on whether the user account exists and is permitted to login, which allows remote attackers to enumerate valid usernames via a series of LDAP bind requests, as demonstrated by ldapuserenum.

Affected Platforms

Microsoft WindowsMicrosoft Windows 2000

Weakness Type

CWE-200

References