CVE-2008-4250

Microsoft · Published October 23, 2008

9.8

CVSS v3.1

CRITICAL

CISA KEV — Federal agencies must patch by deadline

Actively exploited in the wild

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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."

Affected Products

Windows 2000
Windows Server 2003
Windows Server 2008
Windows Vista

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H