{"id":"CVE-2008-3648","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2008-3648","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T18:47:51.906Z","title":"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.","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.","published":"2008-08-12T23:41:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T22:56:14.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":9.3,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C"},"cwe":["CWE-94"],"affected":["microsoft/windows xp"],"epss":{"score":0.21968,"percentile":0.9764,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"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."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://packetstormsecurity.org/0808-advisories/Nslookup-Crash.txt","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.nullcode.com.ar/ncs/crash/nsloo.htm","tags":["Exploit"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30636","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020711","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44423","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://packetstormsecurity.org/0808-advisories/Nslookup-Crash.txt","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.nullcode.com.ar/ncs/crash/nsloo.htm","tags":["Exploit"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30636","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020711","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44423","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-3648","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}