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CVE-2008-4250 Detail

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."


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Hyperlink Resource
http://blogs.securiteam.com/index.php/archives/1150 Permissions Required 
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122703006921213&w=2 Issue Tracking  Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/827267 Third Party Advisory  US Government Resource 
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497808/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497816/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31874 Exploit  Patch  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021091 Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-297A.html Third Party Advisory  US Government Resource 
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-088A.html Third Party Advisory  US Government Resource 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2902 Vendor Advisory 
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-067 Patch  Vendor Advisory 
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46040 Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6093 Third Party Advisory 
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6824 Exploit  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6841 Exploit  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7104 Exploit  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7132 Exploit  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2008-4250
NVD Published Date:
10/23/2008
NVD Last Modified:
02/09/2022
Source:
Microsoft Corporation