MSRXVulnerabilities / CVE-2008-4250
CVE-2008-4250
Published 2008-10-23 · published (not yet in NVD)
CVE-2008-4250
Exploited in the wild: CISA added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2026-05-20, with a fix-by date of 2026-06-03. Patch it first.
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
9.8 CRITICAL
CVSS 3.1 · CNA
CVSS 3.1 · CNA
99%
chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS; in the top 1% of all CVEs)
chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS; in the top 1% of all CVEs)
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
Affected products
- n/a n/a: n/a
18 references (advisories, patches, write-ups)
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122703006921213&w=2 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_HP
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32326 · third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/827267 · third-party-advisory, x_refsource_CERT-VN
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021091 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7132 · exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6841 · exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31874 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-067 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_MS
- http://blogs.securiteam.com/index.php/archives/1150 · x_refsource_MISC
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6824 · exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2902 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_VUPEN
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46040 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497808/100/0/threaded · mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-297A.html · third-party-advisory, x_refsource_CERT
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7104 · exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-088A.html · third-party-advisory, x_refsource_CERT
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6093 · vdb-entry, signature, x_refsource_OVAL
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497816/100/0/threaded · mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ
Sources: CVE.org, FIRST EPSS. Missing ones did not answer or have no record yet.