THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2008-1436
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2008-1436

Windows Nt vulnerability

CVSS
9.0
EPSS
36.8%
EPSS pct
98th
Exploited
No known
Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP2, Vista, and Server 2003 and 2008 does not properly assign activities to the (1) NetworkService and (2) LocalService accounts, which might allow context-dependent attackers to gain privileges by using one service process to capture a resource from a second service process that has a LocalSystem privilege-escalation ability, related to improper management of the SeImpersonatePrivilege user right, as originally reported for Internet Information Services (IIS), aka Token Kidnapping.
Affected vendor
Microsoft
Affected product
Windows Nt
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-264 — Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
Published
2008-04-21

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring single-factor authentication. Successful exploitation leads to complete impact to confidentiality, complete impact to integrity, complete impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 36.8% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 98% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2008-1436

  • Confirm whether Microsoft Windows Nt is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2008-1436.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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