CVE-2008-1457
N/A
Published: August 13, 2008 at 10:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:51 PM UTC
5 products affected across 1 vendorWindows XpWindows VistaWindows 2000
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 36%
Description
The Event System in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2 and SP3, Server 2003 SP1 and SP2, Vista Gold and SP1, and Server 2008 does not properly validate per-user subscriptions, which allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via a crafted event subscription request.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (8)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_HP
Source: [email protected]
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=121915960406986&w=2Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/31417Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_CERTUS Government Resource
Source: [email protected]
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-225A.htmlVDB Entryx_refsource_VUPEN
Source: [email protected]
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2353Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_MS
Source: [email protected]
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-049VDB EntrySignaturex_refsource_OVAL
Source: [email protected]
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6095Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-20
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