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high 7.2

CVE-2008-1084 json

Unspecified vulnerability in the kernel in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2, Server 2003 SP1 and SP2, through Vista SP1, and Server 2008…

published 2008-04-08 18 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2008-1095

cvss
7.2
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
6.8%
EPSS 6.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 94%
public exploits
2
Exploit-DB

Summary

Unspecified vulnerability in the kernel in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2, Server 2003 SP1 and SP2, through Vista SP1, and Server 2008 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors related to improper input validation. NOTE: it was later reported that one affected function is NtUserFnOUTSTRING in win32k.sys.

Patch / fix

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-31585)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

6.75% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-31585 Microsoft Windows XP/Vista/2000/2003/2008 Kernel - Usermode Callback Privilege Escalation (MS08-025) (1) dos, 2008-04-08
  • EDB-5518 Microsoft Windows XP SP2 - 'win32k.sys' Local Privilege Escalation (MS08-025) local, 2008-04-28
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28554 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.2 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code

References

Sources

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