CVE-2008-1436
Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP2, Vista, and Server 2003 and 2008 does not properly assign activities to the (1) NetworkService and…
- 9.0HighCVSS base score
- 36.8%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 1.5% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP2, Vista, and Server 2003 and 2008 does not properly assign activities to the (1) NetworkService and (2) LocalService accounts, which might allow context-dependent attackers to gain privileges by using one service process to capture a resource from a second service process that has a LocalSystem privilege-escalation ability, related to improper management of the SeImpersonatePrivilege user right, as originally reported for Internet Information Services (IIS), aka Token Kidnapping.
Public exploit
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Show the exploits2
Exploit-DB1 entry
- Microsoft Windows - 'SeImpersonatePrivilege' Local Privilege Escalation (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 31667local, windowspublished 17 Apr 2008Verified
References tagged exploit1 reference
- 6705 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
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Timeline
ID reserved
By microsoft
- 31 days later
· 31 days later
Published
- 16 years later
· 16 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High9.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 36.8% · top 1.5% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
20
- 1019904 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5891 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 20080419 Token Kidnapping (Microsoft Security Advisory 951306) presentation available (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/951306.mspx (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ADV-2008-1264 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 29867 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://securitywatch.eweek.com/flaws/microsoft_belatedly_admits_to_windows_server_2008_token_kidnapping.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 6705 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- http://nomoreroot.blogspot.com/2008/10/windows-2003-poc-exploit-for-token.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- TA09-104A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- http://www.argeniss.com/research/TokenKidnapping.pdf (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 28833 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- ms-windows-localsystem-privilege-escalation(41880) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://www.argeniss.com/research/Churrasco.zip (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- MS09-012 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred
- 20081008 Token Kidnapping Windows 2003 PoC exploit (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- ADV-2009-1026 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=4306 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://milw0rm.com/sploits/2008-Churrasco.zip (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2008/04/17/msrc-blog-microsoft-security-advisory-951306.aspx (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2008-1440 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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