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CVE-2008-4250

Known Exploited (CISA KEV)CRITICAL
9.8
CVSS Severity Score
EPSS Score46.8550%
EPSS Percentile90.20th
PublishedOct 23, 2008
Last ModifiedMay 21, 2026

Vulnerability 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 Platforms (CPE)

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Microsoft

Windows 2000

All versions
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Microsoft

Windows Server 2003

All versions
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Microsoft

Windows Server 2003

All versions
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Microsoft

Windows Server 2003

All versions
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Microsoft

Windows Server 2003

All versions
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Microsoft

Windows Server 2003

All versions
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Microsoft

Windows Server 2003

All versions
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Microsoft

Windows Server 2008

All versions
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Microsoft

Windows Server 2008

All versions
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Microsoft

Windows Server 2008

All versions
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Microsoft

Windows Vista

All versions
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Microsoft

Windows Vista

All versions
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Microsoft

Windows Vista

All versions
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Microsoft

Windows Vista

All versions
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Microsoft

Windows Xp

All versions
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Microsoft

Windows Xp

All versions
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Microsoft

Windows Xp

All versions
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Microsoft

Windows Xp

All versions

References & Advisories

🔗 http://blogs.securiteam.com/index.php/archives/1150
🔗 http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122703006921213&w=2
🔗 http://secunia.com/advisories/32326
🔗 http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/827267
🔗 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497808/100/0/threaded
🔗 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497816/100/0/threaded
🔗 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31874
🔗 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021091

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