CVE-2008-4250

CRITICAL

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."

CVSS v3.1 Score

9.8
CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Published: 10/23/2008Modified: 5/21/2026

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References (37)

http://blogs.securiteam.com/index.php/archives/1150Permissions Requiredhttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122703006921213&w=2Issue TrackingMailing Listhttp://secunia.com/advisories/32326PatchVendor Advisoryhttp://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/827267Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resourcehttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497808/100/0/threadedThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entryhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497816/100/0/threadedThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entryhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31874ExploitPatchhttp://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021091Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entryhttp://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-297A.htmlThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resourcehttp://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-088A.htmlThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resourcehttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2902Vendor Advisoryhttps://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-067PatchVendor Advisoryhttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46040Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entryhttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6093Third Party AdvisoryBroken Linkhttps://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6824ExploitThird Party Advisoryhttps://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6841ExploitThird Party Advisoryhttps://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7104ExploitThird Party Advisoryhttps://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7132ExploitThird Party Advisoryhttp://blogs.securiteam.com/index.php/archives/1150Permissions Requiredhttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122703006921213&w=2Issue TrackingMailing Listhttp://secunia.com/advisories/32326PatchVendor Advisoryhttp://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/827267Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resourcehttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497808/100/0/threadedThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entryhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497816/100/0/threadedThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entryhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31874ExploitPatchhttp://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021091Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entryhttp://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-297A.htmlThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resourcehttp://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-088A.htmlThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resourcehttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2902Vendor Advisoryhttps://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-067PatchVendor Advisoryhttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46040Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entryhttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6093Third Party AdvisoryBroken Linkhttps://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6824ExploitThird Party Advisoryhttps://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6841ExploitThird Party Advisoryhttps://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7104ExploitThird Party Advisoryhttps://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7132ExploitThird Party Advisoryhttps://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2008-4250US Government Resource