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CVE-2008-1436

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 36.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2008-04-21 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-264

Description

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 products

• Microsoft Windows-Nt: vista-sp1, vista-sp2
• Microsoft Windows Server 2003: all versions
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008: all versions
• Microsoft Windows Vista: all versions
• Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3: all versions

References

• http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2008/04/17/msrc-blog-microsoft-security-advisory-951306.aspx
• http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=4306
• http://milw0rm.com/sploits/2008-Churrasco.zip
• http://nomoreroot.blogspot.com/2008/10/windows-2003-poc-exploit-for-token.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/29867
• http://securitywatch.eweek.com/flaws/microsoft_belatedly_admits_to_windows_server_2008_token_kidnapping.html
• http://www.argeniss.com/research/Churrasco.zip
• http://www.argeniss.com/research/TokenKidnapping.pdf
• http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/951306.mspx
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491111/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497168/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28833

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