CVE-2008-4835
high-risk
Published 2009-01-14
SMB in the Server service in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2 and SP3, Server 2003 SP1 and SP2, Vista Gold and SP1, and Server 2008 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via malformed values of unspecified "fields inside the SMB packets" in an NT Trans2 request, related to "insufficiently validating the buffer size," aka "SMB Validation Remote Code Execution Vulnerability."
Do I need to act?
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66.7% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — higher than 33% of all CVEs
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
9
CVSS 9.8/10
Critical
NETWORK
/ LOW complexity
Affected Products (15)
Affected Vendors
References (16)
US Government Resource
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-013A.html
US Government Resource
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-013A.html
69
/ 100
high-risk
Severity
32/34 · Critical
Exploitability
19/34 · Moderate
Exposure
18/34 · Moderate