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."

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Wed, 20 May 2026 18:30:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-119
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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 9.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'active', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Wed, 20 May 2026 17:45:00 +0000

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{'dateAdded': '2026-05-20T00:00:00+00:00', 'dueDate': '2026-06-03T00:00:00+00:00'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-21T03:55:20.953Z

Reserved: 2008-09-25T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2008-4250

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-07T10:08:34.970Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2008-10-23T22:00:01.357

Modified: 2026-05-21T12:57:17.353

Link: CVE-2008-4250

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