# CVE-2008-4250

> The Server service in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2 and SP3, Server 2003 SP1 and SP2, Vista Gold and SP1, Server 2008, and 7 Pre-Beta allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted RPC request that triggers the overflow during path canonicalization, as exploited in the wild by Gimmiv.A in October 2008, aka "Server Service Vulnerability."

- **CVSS:** 9.8 (CRITICAL)
- **EPSS:** 92.1%
- **CISA KEV:** yes (known ransomware use)

Canonical: https://intel.threadlinqs.com/cve/CVE-2008-4250
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