Vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 2000
CVE-2008-2252
The kernel 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 parameters sent from user mode to the kernel, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka "Windows Kernel Memory Corruption Vulnerability."
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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: 0.019 (78.9th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 79th percentile — 78.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.019 · newest: 0.019 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- marc.info/ (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/32247 (Patch, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45543 (VDB Entry, vdb-entry)
- docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-061 (vendor-advisory, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6045 (signature, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45544 (VDB Entry, vdb-entry)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2812 (vdb-entry, Broken Link)
- www.securitytracker.com/id (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-288A.html (US Government Resource, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/31652 (Patch, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)