CVE-2008-2251

Microsoft Windows Kernel - Local Privilege Escalation via Unhandled Exception in System Calls

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

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.

References (10)

Core 10
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry signature x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6010
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45542
Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_hp
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122479227205998&w=2
Patch, Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/32247
Patch vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31653
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45544
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2812
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021046
US Government Resource third-party-advisory x_refsource_cert
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-288A.html

Scores

EPSS 0.0150
EPSS Percentile 71.8%

Details

CWE
CWE-399
Status published
Products (4)
microsoft/windows_2000
microsoft/windows_server_2003 (4 CPE variants)
microsoft/windows_server_2008 (4 CPE variants)
microsoft/windows_xp (4 CPE variants)
Published Oct 15, 2008
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026