CVE-2008-4250 on CISA KEV

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 explo

01What CISA says about this vulnerability

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."

02Required action — verbatim from CISA

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

03Notes & references

• blogs.securiteam.com — http://blogs.securiteam.com/index.php/archives/1150
• marc.info — http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122703006921213&w=2
• secunia.com — http://secunia.com/advisories/32326
• www.kb.cert.org — http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/827267
• www.securityfocus.com — http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497808/100/0/threaded
• www.securityfocus.com — http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497816/100/0/threaded
• www.securityfocus.com — http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31874
• www.securitytracker.com — http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021091
• www.us-cert.gov — http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-297A.html
• www.us-cert.gov — http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-088A.html

04SARA's analyst layer — why this matters

This vulnerability is currently on the CISA KEV list, which CISA only adds CVEs to when there is reliable evidence of active exploitation in the wild. For federal civilian agencies, BOD 22-01 requires remediation by the due date above. For everyone else, KEV is the strongest "patch immediately" signal you can get from public threat intel.

05Affected products (summary)

No structured affected-product list available — see references below for vendor advisories.

06Detection

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