CVE-2008-4250

CriticalCVSS 9.8/10Known exploited (CISA KEV)Last modified Jun 16, 2026

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."

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 9.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-94 CWE-119

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Oct 23, 2008
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
Added to CISA KEV: May 20, 2026
NVD status: Analyzed

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