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CVE-2008-1457

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-20 Input Validation
Publication date:
13/08/2008
Last modified:
09/04/2025

Description

The Event System in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2 and SP3, Server 2003 SP1 and SP2, Vista Gold and SP1, and Server 2008 does not properly validate per-user subscriptions, which allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via a crafted event subscription request.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 9.00 HIGH
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): Single
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0
9.00
Severity 2.0
HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows-nt:2008:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows-nt:vista:*:gold:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows-nt:xp:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
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:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_vista:-:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*

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