CVE-2008-4250
· published 2008-10-23
Source record Collected from the National Vulnerability Database (NVD)
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities
CISA lists this CVE as known exploited (added 2026-05-20).
- CISA's name for it: Microsoft Windows Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
- CISA's description: Microsoft Windows contains a buffer overflow vulnerability in the Windows Server Service that allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted RPC request that triggers an overflow during path canonicalization.
- Known ransomware campaign use, per CISA: Unknown
Source: CISA KEV catalog (CC0 1.0).
Description
Description by Microsoft Corporation via the CVE Program.
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."
Status at the source
- NVD status: Analyzed
Affected products, as the source lists them
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a: affected |
Products named in NVD's CPE match criteria (5)
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:-:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2003:-:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:-:*:*:*:-:*:itanium:*cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_vista:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:-:-:*:*:professional:*:x64:*
DeSpy has not checked any unit, hardware revision or firmware. A product missing here is not a statement that it is unaffected.
Scores, as their sources published them
- CVSS 3.1: 9.8 CRITICAL — as published by CISA-ADP (Secondary)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0: 10 HIGH — as published by NIST (Primary)
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - SSVC — CISA's assessment (SSVC 2.0.3, CISA Coordinator): Exploitation: active · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: total
DeSpy does not score records. These are the sources' own values.
Weaknesses
Sources
References the source lists
- http://blogs.securiteam.com/index.php/archives/1150
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122703006921213&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32326
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/827267
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497808/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497816/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31874
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021091
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-297A.html
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-088A.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2902
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-067
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46040
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6093
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6824
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6841
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7104
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7132
- http://blogs.securiteam.com/index.php/archives/1150
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122703006921213&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32326
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/827267
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497808/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497816/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31874
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021091
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-297A.html
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-088A.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2902
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-067
The source lists more references.
Source dates: published 2008-10-23, last changed 2026-06-16. DeSpy's copy of this version is dated 2026-09-28.
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