CVE-2008-1454

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.4 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 34.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-07-08 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft DNS in Windows 2000 SP4, Server 2003 SP1 and SP2, and Server 2008 allows remote attackers to conduct cache poisoning attacks via unknown vectors related to accepting "records from a response that is outside the remote server's authority," aka "DNS Cache Poisoning Vulnerability," a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-1447.

Affected products

Microsoft Windows 2000: all versions
Microsoft Windows Server 2003: all versions
Microsoft Windows Server 2008: all versions
Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3: all versions

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/30925
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30132
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020437
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-190A.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2019/references
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-037
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5380
http://secunia.com/advisories/30925
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30132
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020437
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-190A.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2019/references

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