Vulnerability Report

CVE-2008-4037

Title: Microsoft Windows 2000 RCE

Auth Bypass

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2008-4037

CWE Category CWE-287

Published Date Nov 12, 2008

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Available

Score 9.3 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

59.14%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2008-4037: Microsoft Windows 2000 Gold through SP4, XP Gold through SP3, Server 2003 SP1 and SP2, Vista Gold and SP1, and Server 2008 allows remote SMB servers to execute arbitrary code on a client machine by replaying the NTLM credentials of a client user, as demonstrated by backrush, aka "SMB Credential Reflection Vulnerability." NOTE: some reliable sources report that this vulnerability exists because of an insufficient fix for CVE-2000-0834.

Impacted Vendors

microsoft 4

Reference Links

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122703006921213&w=2 http://osvdb.org/49736 http://secunia.com/advisories/32633 http://securitytracker.com/id?1021163 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/111208-microsoft-seven-year-security-patch.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7385 http://www.securityfocus.com/data/vulnerabilities/exploits/backrush.patch http://www.securityfocus.com/data/vulnerabilities/exploits/backrush.patch.README http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-316A.html http://www.veracode.com/blog/2008/11/microsoft-fixes-8-year-old-design-flaw-in-smb/ http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3110 http://www.xfocus.net/articles/200305/smbrelay.html https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-068 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6012 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7125 http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122703006921213&w=2 http://osvdb.org/49736 http://secunia.com/advisories/32633 http://securitytracker.com/id?1021163 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/111208-microsoft-seven-year-security-patch.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7385 http://www.securityfocus.com/data/vulnerabilities/exploits/backrush.patch http://www.securityfocus.com/data/vulnerabilities/exploits/backrush.patch.README http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-316A.html http://www.veracode.com/blog/2008/11/microsoft-fixes-8-year-old-design-flaw-in-smb/ http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3110 http://www.xfocus.net/articles/200305/smbrelay.html https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-068 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6012 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7125

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity HIGH

9.3

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2008-4037 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/16360

View Code

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7125

View Code

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/20

View Code

June 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 09, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

November 12, 2008 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:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.