CVE-2008-3464
afd.sys in the Ancillary Function Driver (AFD) component in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3 and Windows Server 2003 SP1 and SP2 does not properly validate input sent from user mode to the kernel, which allows local users to gain privileges via a…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (4.03%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
afd.sys in the Ancillary Function Driver (AFD) component in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3 and Windows Server 2003 SP1 and SP2 does not properly validate input sent from user mode to the kernel, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application, as demonstrated using crafted pointers and lengths that bypass intended ProbeForRead and ProbeForWrite restrictions, aka "AFD Kernel Overwrite Vulnerability."
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.2 HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 4.03% probability · 90th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-264
- Affected
- microsoft/windows 2003 server · microsoft/windows xp
- Source
- secure@microsoft.com
References
- http://blogs.technet.com/swi/archive/2008/10/14/ms08-066-how-to-correctly-validate-and-capture-user-mode-data.aspx
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122479227205998&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32261Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497375/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31673Patch
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021053
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-288A.htmlUS Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2817
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-066
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45578
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45582
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5825
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6757
- http://blogs.technet.com/swi/archive/2008/10/14/ms08-066-how-to-correctly-validate-and-capture-user-mode-data.aspx
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122479227205998&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32261Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497375/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31673Patch
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021053
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-288A.htmlUS Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2817
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-066
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45578
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45582
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5825
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6757
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.