Vulnerability Report

CVE-2008-4038

Title: Microsoft Windows 2000 RCE

Memory Corruption

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2008-4038.

CWE Category CWE-119

Published Date Oct 15, 2008

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 10.0 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

39.17%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2008-4038: Buffer underflow in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2 and SP3, Server 2003 SP1 and SP2, Vista Gold and SP1, and Server 2008 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a Server Message Block (SMB) request that contains a filename with a crafted length, aka "SMB Buffer Underflow Vulnerability."

Impacted Vendors

microsoft 5

Reference Links

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122479227205998&w=2 http://secunia.com/advisories/32249 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31647 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021049 http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-288A.html http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2814 https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-063 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45560 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45561 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5787 http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122479227205998&w=2 http://secunia.com/advisories/32249 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31647 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021049 http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-288A.html http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2814 https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-063 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45560 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45561 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5787

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity HIGH

10.0

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

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

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2008-4038 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

June 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 09, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

October 15, 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:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.