CVE-2008-2250
The kernel in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2 and SP3, Server 2003 SP1 and SP2, Vista Gold and SP1, and Server 2008 does not properly validate window properties sent from a parent window to a child window during creation of a new window, which allows…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.64%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
The kernel in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2 and SP3, Server 2003 SP1 and SP2, Vista Gold and SP1, and Server 2008 does not properly validate window properties sent from a parent window to a child window during creation of a new window, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka "Windows Kernel Window Creation Vulnerability."
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.2 HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 1.64% probability · 75th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-264
- Affected
- microsoft/windows 2000 · microsoft/windows server 2003 · microsoft/windows server 2008 · microsoft/windows vista · microsoft/windows xp
- Source
- secure@microsoft.com
References
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122479227205998&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32247Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31651Patch
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021046
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-288A.htmlUS Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2812
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-061
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45541
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45544
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5902
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122479227205998&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32247Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31651Patch
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021046
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-288A.htmlUS Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2812
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-061
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45541
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45544
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5902
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.