CVE-2008-4250The 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…
- 9.8CriticalCVSS base score
- 98.8%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 0.1% of all CVEs
- YesKnown exploitedin CISA's KEV since 20 May 2026
- 7Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
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."
Exploited in the wild
CISA lists this vulnerability in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog as Microsoft Windows Buffer Overflow Vulnerability.
- Added
- 20 May 2026
- Fix due (US federal)
- 3 Jun 2026
- Used by ransomware
- Not known
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
ENISA's EU Vulnerability Database lists it as exploited, from CISA's KEV, since 20 May 2026.
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 6 Exploit-DB entries for it. 4 references of the record are tagged as an exploit. CISA's SSVC rates its exploitation: it is being exploited.
Show the exploits11
Metasploit modules1 module
- MS08-067 Microsoft Server Service Relative Path Stack Corruption (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/windows/smb/ms08_067_netapiRank greatdisclosed 28 Oct 2008
Exploit-DB6 entries
- Microsoft Windows - 'NetAPI32.dll' Code Execution (Python) (MS08-067) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 40279remote, windowspublished 26 Feb 2016Not verified
- Microsoft Windows Server - Service Relative Path Stack Corruption (MS08-067) (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 16362remote, windowspublished 21 Jan 2011Verified
- Microsoft Windows Server 2000/2003 - Code Execution (MS08-067) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 7132remote, windowspublished 16 Nov 2008Verified
- Microsoft Windows Server - Code Execution (MS08-067) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 7104remote, windowspublished 12 Nov 2008Verified
- Microsoft Windows Server - Universal Code Execution (MS08-067) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 6841remote, windowspublished 26 Oct 2008Verified
- Microsoft Windows Server - Code Execution (PoC) (MS08-067) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 6824dos, windowspublished 23 Oct 2008Verified
References tagged exploit4 references
- 7132 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 6841 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 6824 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 7104 (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
- 28 days later
· 28 days later
Published
- 18 years later
· 18 years later
Added to CISA KEV
Known exploited in the wild
- 1 day later
· 1 day 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA-ADPADP (enrichment) | 3.1 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 98.8% · top 0.1% of all CVEs (13 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: active · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: total
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.8.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References19
- SSRT080164 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
- 32326 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- VU#827267 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- 1021091 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 7132 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 6841 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 31874 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- MS08-067 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred
- http://blogs.securiteam.com/index.php/archives/1150 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 6824 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- ADV-2008-2902 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- win-server-rpc-code-execution(46040) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 20081026 Windows RPC MS08-067 FAQ document released (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- TA08-297A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- 7104 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- TA09-088A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6093 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 20081027 Windows RPC MS08-067 FAQ document updated (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2008-4250 (opens in a new tab)government-resource
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)
- CISA KEV catalog (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2008-4233 (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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