CVE-2008-4250
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…
- Published
- Updated
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- microsoft
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."
Exploited in the wild
CISA lists this vulnerability in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog as Microsoft Windows Buffer Overflow Vulnerability.
- Added
- 20 May 2026
- Fix due (US federal)
- 3 Jun 2026
- Used by ransomware
- Not known
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA-ADPADP (enrichment) | 3.1 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 98.8% · top 0.1% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: active · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: total
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.8.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (19)
- SSRT080164 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
- 32326 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- VU#827267 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- 1021091 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 7132 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 6841 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 31874 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- MS08-067 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred
- http://blogs.securiteam.com/index.php/archives/1150 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 6824 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- ADV-2008-2902 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- win-server-rpc-code-execution(46040) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 20081026 Windows RPC MS08-067 FAQ document released (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- TA08-297A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- 7104 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- TA09-088A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6093 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 20081027 Windows RPC MS08-067 FAQ document updated (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2008-4250 (opens in a new tab)government-resource
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)
- CISA KEV catalog (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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