$ cve CVE-2008-1084 JSON

CVE-2008-1084 EXPLOIT

7.2

HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 6.8% (pctl 94)

Patch early

A public exploit exists.

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in the kernel in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2, Server 2003 SP1 and SP2, through Vista SP1, and Server 2008 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors related to improper input validation. NOTE: it was later reported that one affected function is NtUserFnOUTSTRING in win32k.sys.

Scoring

CVSS	7.2 (HIGH, v2.0)
Vector	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS	6.75% — more likely to be exploited than 94% of all CVEs
Weakness	CWE-94
On CISA KEV	no
Public exploit	yes
Published	2008-04-08
Last modified	2026-06-16

Affected (5)

Vendor	Product
microsoft	windows 2000
microsoft	windows 2003 server
microsoft	windows server 2008
microsoft	windows vista
microsoft	windows xp

Public exploits

Source	Title	Date
exploit-db	Microsoft Windows XP SP2 - 'win32k.sys' Local Privilege Escalation (MS08-025)	2008-04-28
exploit-db	Microsoft Windows XP/Vista/2000/2003/2008 Kernel - Usermode Callback Privilege Escalation (MS08-025) (1)	2008-04-08

References

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