VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2008-4250
CVSS score9.8 CRITICAL
EPSS probability98.75%
CISA KEVKnown exploited vulnerability
Published2008-10-23
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Known Exploited Vulnerability
Microsoft Windows Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Vendor / product: Microsoft / Windows
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."
Weakness classification
- CWE-94: Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
- CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
Primary references
- secure@microsoft.com — Permissions Required
- secure@microsoft.com — Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- secure@microsoft.com — Patch, Vendor Advisory
- secure@microsoft.com — Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- secure@microsoft.com — Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- secure@microsoft.com — Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- secure@microsoft.com — Broken Link, Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- secure@microsoft.com — Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- secure@microsoft.com — Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- secure@microsoft.com — Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- secure@microsoft.com — Vendor Advisory
- secure@microsoft.com — Patch, Vendor Advisory