CVE-2008-4250

critical

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."

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46040

http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-088A.html

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/827267

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122703006921213&w=2

https://www.securityweek.com/microsoft-patches-exploited-undefend-and-redsun-defender-zero-days/

https://thehackernews.com/2026/05/microsoft-warns-of-two-actively.html

https://securityaffairs.com/192508/security/u-s-cisa-adds-microsoft-and-adobe-flaws-to-its-known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog.html

https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/alerts/2026/05/20/cisa-adds-seven-known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog

https://www.trendmicro.com/vinfo/us/threat-encyclopedia/web-attack/54/stuxnet-malware-targets-scada-systems

https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2008-4250

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-067

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2902

http://secunia.com/advisories/32326

http://blogs.securiteam.com/index.php/archives/1150

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2008-10-23

Updated: 2026-05-21

Known Exploited Vulnerability (KEV)

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 10

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Critical

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.92078