Vulnerability Report

CVE-2008-1436

Title: Microsoft Windows-Nt Auth Bypass

Auth Bypass

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2008-1436

CWE Category CWE-264
Published Date Apr 21, 2008
Modified Date Jun 16, 2026
Exploit Status Available
Score 9.0 CVSS v2.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
36.83%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2008-1436: Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP2, Vista, and Server 2003 and 2008 does not properly assign activities to the (1) NetworkService and (2) LocalService accounts, which might allow context-dependent attackers to gain privileges by using one service process to capture a resource from a second service process that has a LocalSystem privilege-escalation ability, related to improper management of the SeImpersonatePrivilege user right, as originally reported for Internet Information Services (IIS), aka Token Kidnapping.

Impacted Vendors

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Reference Links

http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2008/04/17/msrc-blog-microsoft-security-advisory-951306.aspx http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=4306 http://milw0rm.com/sploits/2008-Churrasco.zip http://nomoreroot.blogspot.com/2008/10/windows-2003-poc-exploit-for-token.html http://secunia.com/advisories/29867 http://securitywatch.eweek.com/flaws/microsoft_belatedly_admits_to_windows_server_2008_token_kidnapping.html http://www.argeniss.com/research/Churrasco.zip http://www.argeniss.com/research/TokenKidnapping.pdf http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/951306.mspx http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491111/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497168/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28833 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019904 http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-104A.html http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1264/references http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1026 https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-012 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41880 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5891 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6705 http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2008/04/17/msrc-blog-microsoft-security-advisory-951306.aspx http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=4306 http://milw0rm.com/sploits/2008-Churrasco.zip http://nomoreroot.blogspot.com/2008/10/windows-2003-poc-exploit-for-token.html http://secunia.com/advisories/29867 http://securitywatch.eweek.com/flaws/microsoft_belatedly_admits_to_windows_server_2008_token_kidnapping.html http://www.argeniss.com/research/Churrasco.zip http://www.argeniss.com/research/TokenKidnapping.pdf http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/951306.mspx http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491111/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497168/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28833 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019904 http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-104A.html http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1264/references http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1026 https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-012 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41880 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5891 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6705
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
9.0
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2008-1436 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/31667
View Code
MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A
Complexity N/A
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.