CVE-2008-4036
Integer overflow in Memory Manager in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Server 2003 SP1 and SP2, Vista Gold and SP1, and Server 2008 allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application that triggers an erroneous decrement of a variable,…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.53%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Integer overflow in Memory Manager in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Server 2003 SP1 and SP2, Vista Gold and SP1, and Server 2008 allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application that triggers an erroneous decrement of a variable, related to validation of parameters for Virtual Address Descriptors (VADs) and a "memory allocation mapping error," aka "Virtual Address Descriptor Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability."
- CVSS 3.1
- 8.4 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.53% probability · 73th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-189, CWE-190
- Affected
- 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/32251Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31675Patch
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021051
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-288A.htmlUS Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2815
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-064
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45571
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45572
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5343
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122479227205998&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32251Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31675Patch
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021051
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-288A.htmlUS Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2815
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-064
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45571
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45572
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5343
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.