CVE-2008-1457

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 36.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-08-13 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

The Event System in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2 and SP3, Server 2003 SP1 and SP2, Vista Gold and SP1, and Server 2008 does not properly validate per-user subscriptions, which allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via a crafted event subscription request.

Affected products

Microsoft Windows-Nt: 2008, vista, xp-sp3
Microsoft Windows 2000: all versions
Microsoft Windows 2003 Server: all versions
Microsoft Windows Vista: all versions
Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3: all versions

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=121915960406986&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/31417
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30584
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020677
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-225A.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2353
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-049
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6095
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=121915960406986&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/31417
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30584
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020677

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