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critical 9.8

CVE-2008-4250 kev in the critical feed json

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 2008-10-23 18 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2008-4233

cvss
9.8
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Exploited
added 2026-05-20
epss
98.8%
EPSS 98.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99.9%
public exploits
7
Metasploit, Exploit-DB

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."

Patch / fix

cisa required action Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

cisa ICSMA-17-215-01 updated cvss 9.8

ICSMA-17-215-01_Siemens Molecular Imaging Vulnerabilities

  • Siemens SPECT Workplaces/Symbia.net Windows XP-Based
    affected: mitigation “In addition, Siemens recommends:”

From CISA ICS and IT advisories (CSAF, https://github.com/cisagov/CSAF), a U.S. Government work; changed: reduced to products, statuses and remediations. CISA notification · csaf

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-6824)
  2. Published
  3. CISA SSVC: exploitation active
  4. Added to CISA KEV
  5. CISA patch deadline

Known exploited

Added
5 mo ago
Patch by
2026-06-03 (5 mo ago)
Ransomware
Not known
Required action
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Vendor, product
Microsoft, Windows
CISA name
Microsoft Windows Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
Active, exploited in the wild
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
total
Assessed
5 mo ago

Exploit prediction

98.75% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.9% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • Metasploit exploit/windows/smb/ms08_067_netapi MS08-067 Microsoft Server Service Relative Path Stack Corruption metasploit exploit, great rank, 2008-10-28
  • EDB-40279 Microsoft Windows - 'NetAPI32.dll' Code Execution (Python) (MS08-067) remote, 2016-02-26
  • EDB-16362 Microsoft Windows Server - Service Relative Path Stack Corruption (MS08-067) (Metasploit) remote, 2011-01-21
  • EDB-7132 Microsoft Windows Server 2000/2003 - Code Execution (MS08-067) remote, 2008-11-16
  • EDB-7104 Microsoft Windows Server - Code Execution (MS08-067) remote, 2008-11-12
  • EDB-6841 Microsoft Windows Server - Universal Code Execution (MS08-067) remote, 2008-10-26
  • EDB-6824 Microsoft Windows Server - Code Execution (PoC) (MS08-067) dos, 2008-10-23
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31874 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 10.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
  • CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code

References

Sources

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