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CVE-2008-4250

Published: January 28, 2026
Last updated:1 day ago (January 28, 2026)
Exploit: YesZero-day: YesPatch: YesTrend: Low
TL;DR
Updated January 28, 2026

CVE-2008-4250 is a low severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 0.0. Exploits are available; patches have been released and should be applied urgently. This is classified as a zero-day vulnerability.

Key Points
  • 1Low severity (CVSS 0.0/10)
  • 2EPSS: 94.00% - very high likelihood of exploitation
  • 3Public exploits are available
  • 4Vendor patches are available
  • 5Affects products from: Microsoft
Severity Scores
CVSS v30.0
CVSS v210.0
Priority Score0.0
EPSS Score94.0
None
Exploitation LikelihoodCritical
94.00%EPSS

Very high probability of exploitation in the next 30 days

Immediate patching required
94.00%
EPSS
0.0
CVSS
Yes
Exploit
Yes
Patch
High Priority
high EPSS • exploit exists

EPSS predicts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days based on real-world threat data, complementing CVSS severity scores with actual risk assessment.

Description

The Server service in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2 and SP3, Server 2003 SP1 and SP2, Vista Gold and SP1, Server 2008, and 7 Pre-Beta allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted RPC request that triggers the overflow during path canonicalization, as exploited in the wild by Gimmiv.A in October 2008, aka "Server Service Vulnerability."

CVSS v3 Breakdown
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Exploit References
Exploit-db.comExploit-db.comExploit-db.comExploit-db.comGitHubGitHubGitHubGitHubProofpoint Emerging Threats
Patch References
[email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected]Zeroday CZ
Trend Analysis
Low
Vulnerable Products
VendorProduct
MicrosoftWindows Vista
MicrosoftWindows Xp
MicrosoftWindows 2000
MicrosoftWindows Server 2003
MicrosoftWindows Server 2008
Advisories
GitHub AdvisoryNVD
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