{
  "id": "CVE-2008-4250",
  "url": "https://spydr.io/cve/CVE-2008-4250",
  "published": "2008-10-23T22:00:01.357Z",
  "modified": "2026-06-16T22:57:29.393Z",
  "score": 9.8,
  "severity": "critical",
  "cvss_version": "3.1",
  "vector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
  "score_source": "CISA ADP",
  "epss": 0.98751,
  "epss_percentile": 0.99925,
  "exploited": true,
  "kev": {
    "added": "2026-05-20",
    "due": "2026-06-03",
    "action": "Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.",
    "ransomware": "Unknown",
    "name": "Microsoft Windows Buffer Overflow Vulnerability",
    "notes": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-067 ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4250"
  },
  "ssvc_exploitation": "active",
  "vendors": [
    "microsoft"
  ],
  "products": [
    "microsoft windows 2000",
    "microsoft windows server 2003",
    "microsoft windows server 2008",
    "microsoft windows vista",
    "microsoft windows xp"
  ],
  "cwes": [
    "CWE-94",
    "CWE-119"
  ],
  "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.\"",
  "status": "Analyzed",
  "score_type": "Secondary",
  "scores": {
    "cvss_v40": null,
    "cvss_v31": 9.8,
    "cvss_v30": null
  },
  "references": [
    {
      "url": "http://blogs.securiteam.com/index.php/archives/1150",
      "tags": [
        "Permissions Required"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122703006921213&w=2",
      "tags": [
        "Issue Tracking",
        "Mailing List",
        "Third Party Advisory"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/32326",
      "tags": [
        "Patch",
        "Vendor Advisory"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/827267",
      "tags": [
        "Third Party Advisory",
        "US Government Resource"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497808/100/0/threaded",
      "tags": [
        "Broken Link",
        "Third Party Advisory",
        "VDB Entry"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497816/100/0/threaded",
      "tags": [
        "Broken Link",
        "Third Party Advisory",
        "VDB Entry"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31874",
      "tags": [
        "Broken Link",
        "Exploit",
        "Patch",
        "Third Party Advisory",
        "VDB Entry"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021091",
      "tags": [
        "Broken Link",
        "Third Party Advisory",
        "VDB Entry"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-297A.html",
      "tags": [
        "Broken Link",
        "Third Party Advisory",
        "US Government Resource"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-088A.html",
      "tags": [
        "Third Party Advisory",
        "US Government Resource"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2902",
      "tags": [
        "Vendor Advisory"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-067",
      "tags": [
        "Patch",
        "Vendor Advisory"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46040",
      "tags": [
        "Third Party Advisory",
        "VDB Entry"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6093",
      "tags": [
        "Broken Link",
        "Third Party Advisory"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6824",
      "tags": [
        "Exploit",
        "Third Party Advisory",
        "VDB Entry"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6841",
      "tags": [
        "Exploit",
        "Third Party Advisory",
        "VDB Entry"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7104",
      "tags": [
        "Exploit",
        "Third Party Advisory",
        "VDB Entry"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7132",
      "tags": [
        "Exploit",
        "Third Party Advisory",
        "VDB Entry"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2008-4250",
      "tags": [
        "US Government Resource"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "nvd_url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4250",
  "covered_in": [],
  "attribution": [
    {
      "source": "NVD",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov",
      "notice": "This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD."
    },
    {
      "source": "CISA KEV",
      "url": "https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog",
      "notice": "Known exploited vulnerabilities from the CISA KEV catalog."
    },
    {
      "source": "FIRST EPSS",
      "url": "https://www.first.org/epss",
      "notice": "Exploit prediction scores from FIRST EPSS."
    }
  ]
}