Re: implementation problem in Microsoft LDAP?

From: M.Grootveld (M.Grootveldat_private)
Date: Mon Jul 02 2001 - 03:38:18 PDT

  • Next message: Sardaņons, Eliel: "RE: implementation problem in Microsoft LDAP?"

    Hi
    
    Sardaņons, Eliel wrote:
    
    > <snip>
    
    > Problem 2:
    >
    > Another problem I have seen is that when I use my brute force program
    > (brute_force_ldap) to try to guess a Windows password and I run 5 or more
    > instance of my program at the same time like this:
    >
    > ./bf_ldap -s www.victim.com -d victim.com -u non_existent_user_1 -l 8 &
    > ./bf_ldap -s www.victim.com -d victim.com -u non_existent_user_2 -l 8 &
    > ./bf_ldap -s www.victim.com -d victim.com -u non_existent_user_3 -l 8 &
    > ./bf_ldap -s www.victim.com -d victim.com -u non_existent_user_4 -l 8 &
    > ./bf_ldap -s www.victim.com -d victim.com -u non_existent_user_5 -l 8 &
    > ./bf_ldap -s www.victim.com -d victim.com -u non_existent_user_6 -l 8 &
    >
    > the CPU usage in www.victim.com is at 100%!!! And the console is unusable in
    > the windows box. I try this using a none_existent_user and an existent_user
    > and it consumes more resources with non existent users.
    >
    > So an attacker can use my program as a Distributed Denial Of service Attack
    > (ddos) running it from different machines at the same time with a unique
    > target. (www.victim.com).
    >
    
    Could you provide any additional details about your exploit code and the
    configuration you are using. With the information you provided I can't tell if
    the second problem is caused by an implementation problem or that the LDAP
    service is perhaps configured incorrectly.
    
    Greetings
    
    M. Grootveld
    



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