Vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 2000
CVE-2008-2251
Double free vulnerability in the kernel in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, 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 makes system calls within multiple threads, aka "Windows Kernel Unhandled Exception Vulnerability." NOTE: according to Microsoft, this is not a duplicate of CVE-2008-4510.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.2 (High). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.015 (73.4th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 73rd percentile — 73.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.015 · newest: 0.015 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6010 (signature, vdb-entry)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45542 (vdb-entry)
- marc.info/ (vendor-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/32247 (Patch, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-061 (vendor-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/31653 (Patch, vdb-entry)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45544 (vdb-entry)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2812 (vdb-entry)
- www.securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)
- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-288A.html (US Government Resource, third-party-advisory)