CVE-2008-4037
Microsoft Windows 2000 Gold through SP4, XP Gold through SP3, Server 2003 SP1 and SP2, Vista Gold and SP1, and Server 2008 allows remote…
- 9.3HighCVSS base score
- 59.1%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 0.9% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 4Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Microsoft Windows 2000 Gold through SP4, XP Gold through SP3, Server 2003 SP1 and SP2, Vista Gold and SP1, and Server 2008 allows remote SMB servers to execute arbitrary code on a client machine by replaying the NTLM credentials of a client user, as demonstrated by backrush, aka "SMB Credential Reflection Vulnerability." NOTE: some reliable sources report that this vulnerability exists because of an insufficient fix for CVE-2000-0834.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Metasploit module and 3 Exploit-DB entries for it. A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit.
Show the exploits5
Metasploit modules1 module
- MS08-068 Microsoft Windows SMB Relay Code Execution (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/windows/smb/smb_relayRank excellentdisclosed 31 Mar 2001
Exploit-DB3 entries
- Microsoft Windows - SMB Relay Code Execution (MS08-068) (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 16360remote, windowspublished 21 Sept 2010Verified
- Microsoft Windows - SmbRelay3 NTLM Replay (MS08-068) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 7125remote, windowspublished 14 Nov 2008Verified
- Microsoft Windows 2000/XP - SMB Authentication Remote Overflow (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 20remote, windowspublished 25 Apr 2003Verified
References tagged exploit1 reference
- 7125 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
By microsoft
- 2 months later
· 2 months 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 | High9.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 59.1% · top 0.9% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.3.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
15
- SSRT080164 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
- http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/111208-microsoft-seven-year-security-patch.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- TA08-316A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- http://www.veracode.com/blog/2008/11/microsoft-fixes-8-year-old-design-flaw-in-smb/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6012 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 49736 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 1021163 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- ADV-2008-3110 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- http://www.xfocus.net/articles/200305/smbrelay.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- MS08-068 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred
- http://www.securityfocus.com/data/vulnerabilities/exploits/backrush.patch (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://www.securityfocus.com/data/vulnerabilities/exploits/backrush.patch.README (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 32633 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 7385 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 7125 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_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-2008-4022 (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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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2008-4037)Record last updated .