Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP2, Vista, and Server 2003 and 2008 does not properly assign activities to the (1) NetworkService and…

Description

Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP2, Vista, and Server 2003 and 2008 does not properly assign activities to the (1) NetworkService and (2) LocalService accounts, which might allow context-dependent attackers to gain privileges by using one service process to capture a resource from a second service process that has a LocalSystem privilege-escalation ability, related to improper management of the SeImpersonatePrivilege user right, as originally reported for Internet Information Services (IIS), aka Token Kidnapping.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

36.8% · top 1.5% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.0.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-264 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-264 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (20)

• 1019904 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5891 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• 20080419 Token Kidnapping (Microsoft Security Advisory 951306) presentation available (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/951306.mspx (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• ADV-2008-1264 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• 29867 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://securitywatch.eweek.com/flaws/microsoft_belatedly_admits_to_windows_server_2008_token_kidnapping.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• 6705 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
• http://nomoreroot.blogspot.com/2008/10/windows-2003-poc-exploit-for-token.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• TA09-104A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
• http://www.argeniss.com/research/TokenKidnapping.pdf (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• 28833 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• ms-windows-localsystem-privilege-escalation(41880) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• http://www.argeniss.com/research/Churrasco.zip (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• MS09-012 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred
• 20081008 Token Kidnapping Windows 2003 PoC exploit (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• ADV-2009-1026 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=4306 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• http://milw0rm.com/sploits/2008-Churrasco.zip (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2008/04/17/msrc-blog-microsoft-security-advisory-951306.aspx (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 08:24 UTC.