Executive Summary

Informations
Name CVE-2008-2251 First vendor Publication 2008-10-14
Vendor Cve Last vendor Modification 2023-12-07

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Cvss Base Score 7.2 Attack Range Local
Cvss Impact Score 10 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 3.9 Authentication None Required
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Detail

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.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-2251

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-399 Resource Management Errors

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6010
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6010
Title: Windows Kernel Unhandled Exception Vulnerability
Description: 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.
Family: windows Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2008-2251
Version: 3
Platform(s): Microsoft Windows 2000
Microsoft Windows XP
Microsoft Windows Server 2003
Microsoft Windows Vista
Microsoft Windows Server 2008
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Os 1
Os 4
Os 4
Os 4

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2008-10-15 Name : Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability (954211)
File : nvt/secpod_ms08-061_900051.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
49054 Microsoft Windows Kernel Double-free Unspecified Local Privilege Escalation

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2008-10-15 Name : A local user can elevate his privileges on the remote host.
File : smb_nt_ms08-061.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Sources (Detail)

Source Url
BID http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31653
CERT http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-288A.html
HP http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122479227205998&w=2
MS https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08...
OVAL https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.ova...
SECTRACK http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021046
SECUNIA http://secunia.com/advisories/32247
VUPEN http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2812
XF https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45542
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45544

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