CVE-2008-4250
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 9.8 Critical
- Published
- Oct 23, 2008
- Updated
- May 21, 2026
- Reserved
- Sep 25, 2008
Description
The Server service in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2 and SP3, Server 2003 SP1 and SP2, Vista Gold and SP1, Server 2008, and 7 Pre-Beta allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted RPC request that triggers the overflow during path canonicalization, as exploited in the wild by Gimmiv.A in October 2008, aka "Server Service Vulnerability."
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 9.8 Critical | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | CISA-ADP |
Weaknesses
- CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
|
References
- SSRT080164vendor-advisory
- 32326third-party-advisory
- VU#827267third-party-advisory
- 1021091vdb-entry
- 7132exploit
- 6841exploit
- 31874vdb-entry
- MS08-067vendor-advisory
- http://blogs.securiteam.com/index.php/archives/1150
- 6824exploit
- ADV-2008-2902vdb-entry
- win-server-rpc-code-execution(46040)vdb-entry
- 20081026 Windows RPC MS08-067 FAQ document releasedmailing-list
- TA08-297Athird-party-advisory
- 7104exploit
- TA09-088Athird-party-advisory
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6093vdb-entrysignature
- 20081027 Windows RPC MS08-067 FAQ document updatedmailing-list
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2008-4250government-resource
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