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CVE-2009-0077

Medium

The firewall engine in Microsoft Forefront Threat Management Gateway, Medium Business Edition (TMG MBE); and Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server 2004 SP3, 2006, 2006 Supportability Update, and 2006 SP1; does not properly manage the session state of web listeners,…

Published Apr 15, 2009 · Updated Apr 22, 2026

Key Facts

Patch immediately
  • CVE-2009-0077 is a medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 5.0 v2) affecting Forefront Threat Management Gateway (Microsoft), Internet Security And Acceleration Server (Microsoft).
  • It is not listed in any known-exploited vulnerabilities catalog. No public exploit code is known.
  • EPSS estimates a 78% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
  • No fixed version is listed yet; check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
  • Brandefense priority: patch immediately, because it is very likely to be exploited soon.

CVSS v2

5.0

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

EPSS (30-day exploit likelihood)

78%

Higher than 99.5% of all scored CVEs

Exploited in the wild

No known

Not in a known-exploited catalog

Public exploit code

None known

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Description

The firewall engine in Microsoft Forefront Threat Management Gateway, Medium Business Edition (TMG MBE); and Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server 2004 SP3, 2006, 2006 Supportability Update, and 2006 SP1; does not properly manage the session state of web listeners, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (many stale sessions) via crafted packets, aka "Web Proxy TCP State Limited Denial of Service Vulnerability."

Affected Products

5 affected entries in total
ProductAffected versionsFixed in
Forefront Threat Management GatewayMicrosoftSee advisoryn/a
Internet Security And Acceleration ServerMicrosoft2004-sp3, 2006-sp1, 2006-supportabilityn/a

Timeline

  1. Publicly disclosed

    Apr 15, 2009

  2. Last updated

    Apr 22, 2026

References

2 more references in the full CVE brief

FAQ

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