{
    "id": "CVE-2008-5044",
    "published": "2008-11-12 23:30:02",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-16 22:59:08",
    "cvss_score": "4.0",
    "cvss_severity": "MEDIUM",
    "cvss_version": "2.0",
    "cvss_vector": "AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C",
    "cwe": "CWE-362",
    "description": "Race condition in Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and Vista allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash or hang) via a multi-threaded application that makes many calls to UnhookWindowsHookEx while certain other desktop activity is occurring.",
    "epss_score": "0.01680",
    "epss_percentile": "0.76254",
    "kev": 0,
    "kev_due": null,
    "has_exploit": 1,
    "updated_at": "2026-10-09 18:17:08",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 2,
        "label": "Patch early",
        "why": "A public exploit exists."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "microsoft",
            "product": "windows_server_2003"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "microsoft",
            "product": "windows_vista"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": null,
    "exploits": [
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "32573",
            "title": "Microsoft Windows Vista/2003 - 'UnhookWindowsHookEx' Local Denial of Service",
            "date": "2008-11-09",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/32573"
        }
    ],
    "refs_list": [
        "http://killprog.com/whk.zip",
        "http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4576",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498165/100/0/threaded",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32206",
        "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46506",
        "http://killprog.com/whk.zip",
        "http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4576",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498165/100/0/threaded",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32206",
        "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46506"
    ]
}