Critical severity9.8CISA KEVNVD Advisory· Published Oct 23, 2008· Updated May 20, 2026
CVE-2008-4250
CVE-2008-4250
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."
Affected products
18- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:-:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2003:-:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 5 more
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2003:-:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2003:-:sp1:*:*:-:*:itanium:*
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2003:-:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2003:-:sp2:*:*:*:*:itanium:*
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2003:-:sp2:*:*:*:*:x64:*
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2003:-:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:-:*:*:*:-:*:itanium:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:-:*:*:*:-:*:itanium:*
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:-:*:*:*:-:*:x64:*
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:-:*:*:*:-:*:x86:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_vista:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 3 more
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_vista:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_vista:-:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_vista:-:sp1:*:*:-:*:x64:*
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_vista:-:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:-:-:*:*:professional:*:x64:*+ 3 more
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:-:-:*:*:professional:*:x64:*
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:-:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:-:sp2:*:*:professional:*:x64:*
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:-:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.
References
19- secunia.com/advisories/32326nvdPatchVendor Advisory
- docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-067nvdPatchVendor Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/31874nvdExploitPatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6824nvdExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6841nvdExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7104nvdExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7132nvdExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- marc.infonvdIssue TrackingMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/827267nvdThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497808/100/0/threadednvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497816/100/0/threadednvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.securitytracker.com/idnvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-297A.htmlnvdThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-088A.htmlnvdThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2902nvdVendor Advisory
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46040nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6093nvdThird Party Advisory
- blogs.securiteam.com/index.php/archives/1150nvdPermissions Required
- www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalognvd