CVE-2008-2252
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 parameters sent from user mode to the kernel, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.90%). 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 parameters sent from user mode to the kernel, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka "Windows Kernel Memory Corruption Vulnerability."
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.2 HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 1.90% probability · 79th 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=2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32247Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31652Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021046Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-288A.htmlThird Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2812Broken Link
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-061Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45543VDB Entry
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45544VDB Entry
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6045Third Party Advisory
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122479227205998&w=2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32247Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31652Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021046Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-288A.htmlThird Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2812Broken Link
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-061Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45543VDB Entry
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45544VDB Entry
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6045Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.