Vulnerability Report

CVE-2008-2251

Title: Microsoft Windows 2000 Auth Bypass

Auth Bypass

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2008-2251.

CWE Category CWE-399
Published Date Oct 15, 2008
Modified Date Jun 16, 2026
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 7.2 CVSS v2.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
1.50%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2008-2251: Double free vulnerability in the kernel in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2 and SP3, Server 2003 SP1 and SP2, Vista Gold and SP1, and Server 2008 allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application that makes system calls within multiple threads, aka "Windows Kernel Unhandled Exception Vulnerability." NOTE: according to Microsoft, this is not a duplicate of CVE-2008-4510.

Impacted Vendors

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Reference Links

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122479227205998&w=2 http://secunia.com/advisories/32247 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31653 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021046 http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-288A.html http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2812 https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-061 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45542 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45544 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6010 http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122479227205998&w=2 http://secunia.com/advisories/32247 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31653 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021046 http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-288A.html http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2812 https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-061 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45542 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45544 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6010
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
7.2
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2008-2251 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

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:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.