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CVE-2008-4250 (GCVE-0-2008-4250)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-10-23 21:00 – Updated: 2026-05-21 03:55

Summary

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."

Severity

9.8 (Critical)


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

SSVC

Exploitation: active Automatable: yes Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-05-20 00:00 UTC

CWE

n/a
CWE-119 - Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

Assigner

microsoft mitre root Scorecard

References

19 references

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http://secunia.com/advisories/32326	third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/827267	third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VN
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021091	vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7132	exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6841	exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31874	vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates…	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MS
http://blogs.securiteam.com/index.php/archives/1150	x_refsource_MISC
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6824	exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2902	vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit…	vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497808/100…	mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-297A.html	third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7104	exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-088A.html	third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/def…	vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497816/100…	mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilit…	government-resource

Date Public

2008-10-23 00:00

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