CVE-2008-4250
KEVCRITICAL 9.8EPSS 98.8%
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."
- CVSS v3.1 CNA
- 9.8 CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS v2.0 NVD
- 10.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - EPSS
- 98.75% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 100th percentile
- CISA KEV
- added 2026-05-20
- Published
- 2008-10-23
- Updated
- 2026-05-21
Proof-of-concept exploits (2)
- ArcadeHustle/X3_USB_softmod8★ · 2019-11-23
- NoTrustedx/Exploit_MS08-0671★ · 2025-06-02
Metasploit modules (1)
ExploitDB entries (6)
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/16362
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7132
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7104
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6841
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6824
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40279
Security advisories
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32326
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2902
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-067
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122703006921213&w=2
- 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
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-297A.html
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-088A.html
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46040
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A60…