CVE-2008-3648
nslookup.exe in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code, as demonstrated by an attempted DNS zone transfer, and as exploited in the wild in August 2008.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 22.0%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
nslookup.exe in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code, as demonstrated by an attempted DNS zone transfer, and as exploited in the wild in August 2008.
- CVSS 2.0
- 9.3 HIGHAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 21.97% probability · 98th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-94
- Affected
- microsoft/windows xp
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 22.0% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.org/0808-advisories/Nslookup-Crash.txt
- http://www.nullcode.com.ar/ncs/crash/nsloo.htmExploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30636
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020711
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44423
- http://packetstormsecurity.org/0808-advisories/Nslookup-Crash.txt
- http://www.nullcode.com.ar/ncs/crash/nsloo.htmExploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30636
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020711
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44423
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.