CVE-2008-1451

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-20 Input Validation

Publication date:

12/06/2008

Last modified:

09/04/2025

Description

The WINS service on Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, and Server 2003 SP1 and SP2, does not properly validate data structures in WINS network packets, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted packet, aka "Memory Overwrite Vulnerability."

Impact

Vector 2.0

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.20 HIGH
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0

7.20

Severity 2.0

HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:-:sp4::::::
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:-:sp1::::::
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:-:sp2::::::

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

CVE-2008-1451

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools