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cve[email protected]CVE-2008-2251
HistoryOct 15, 2008 - 12:12 a.m.

CVE-2008-2251

2008-10-1500:12:15
CWE-399
web.nvd.nist.gov
20
cve-2008-2251
windows
kernel
vulnerability
privilege escalation
microsoft

7.2 High

CVSS2

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

COMPLETE

Integrity Impact

COMPLETE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

6 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

Low

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

20.5%

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 β€œWindows Kernel Unhandled Exception Vulnerability.” NOTE: according to Microsoft, this is not a duplicate of CVE-2008-4510.

Affected configurations

NVD
Node
microsoftwindows_2000sp4
OR
microsoftwindows_server_2003sp1
OR
microsoftwindows_server_2003sp1itanium
OR
microsoftwindows_server_2003sp1x64
OR
microsoftwindows_server_2003sp2
OR
microsoftwindows_server_2008
OR
microsoftwindows_server_2008itanium
OR
microsoftwindows_server_2008x32
OR
microsoftwindows_server_2008x64
OR
microsoftwindows_vista
OR
microsoftwindows_vistax64
OR
microsoftwindows_vistasp1
OR
microsoftwindows_vistaMatchsp1
OR
microsoftwindows_xpsp2
OR
microsoftwindows_xpsp2x64
OR
microsoftwindows_xpsp3
OR
microsoftwindows_xpx64

7.2 High

CVSS2

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

COMPLETE

Integrity Impact

COMPLETE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

6 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

Low

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

20.5%