CVE-2008-3464

Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2008-10-15 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

afd.sys in the Ancillary Function Driver (AFD) component in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3 and Windows Server 2003 SP1 and SP2 does not properly validate input sent from user mode to the kernel, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application, as demonstrated using crafted pointers and lengths that bypass intended ProbeForRead and ProbeForWrite restrictions, aka "AFD Kernel Overwrite Vulnerability."

Affected products

Microsoft Windows 2003 Server: professional-sp3
Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3: all versions

References

http://blogs.technet.com/swi/archive/2008/10/14/ms08-066-how-to-correctly-validate-and-capture-user-mode-data.aspx
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122479227205998&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/32261
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497375/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31673
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021053
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-288A.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2817
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-066
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45578
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45582
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5825

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