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

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://blogs.securiteam.com/index.php/archives/1150Permissions Required
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122703006921213&w=2Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32326Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/827267Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497808/100/0/threadedBroken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497816/100/0/threadedBroken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31874Broken Link, Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021091Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-297A.htmlBroken Link, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-088A.htmlThird Party Advisory, US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2902Vendor Advisory
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-067Patch, Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46040Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6093Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6824Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6841Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7104Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7132Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://blogs.securiteam.com/index.php/archives/1150Permissions Required
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122703006921213&w=2Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32326Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/827267Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497808/100/0/threadedBroken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497816/100/0/threadedBroken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31874Broken Link, Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021091Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-297A.htmlBroken Link, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-088A.htmlThird Party Advisory, US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2902Vendor Advisory
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-067Patch, Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46040Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6093Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6824Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6841Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7104Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7132Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2008-4250US Government Resource

Timeline

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