CVE-2008-4250

9.8 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-Bet...

Published: 2008-10-23 · Last updated: 2026-05-21

Severity and scoring

CVSS: 9.8 CRITICAL
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE: CWE-119, CWE-94

Affected products

Vendor	Product
microsoft	windows_2000, windows_server_2003, windows_server_2008

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."

Source: NVD

References

[NVD]https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4250
[Other]http://blogs.securiteam.com/index.php/archives/1150
[Other]http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122703006921213&w=2
[Patch]http://secunia.com/advisories/32326
[Other]http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/827267
[Other]http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497808/100/0/threaded
[Other]http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497816/100/0/threaded
[Patch]http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31874
[Other]http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021091
[Other]http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-297A.html
[Other]http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-088A.html
[Vendor advisory]http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2902
[Patch]https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-067
[Other]https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46040
[Other]https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6093
[Exploit reference]https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6824
[Exploit reference]https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6841
[Exploit reference]https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7104
[Exploit reference]https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7132
[Other]http://blogs.securiteam.com/index.php/archives/1150
[Other]http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122703006921213&w=2
[Patch]http://secunia.com/advisories/32326
[Other]http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/827267
[Other]http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497808/100/0/threaded
[Other]http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497816/100/0/threaded
[Patch]http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31874
[Other]http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021091
[Other]http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-297A.html
[Other]http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-088A.html
[Vendor advisory]http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2902
[Patch]https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-067
[Other]https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46040
[Other]https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6093
[Exploit reference]https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6824
[Exploit reference]https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6841
[Exploit reference]https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7104
[Exploit reference]https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7132
[Other]https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2008-4250

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