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CVE-2008-3648

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-3648 describes a critical arbitrary code execution vulnerability within nslookup.exe in Microsoft Windows XP SP2. This flaw allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute malicious code, notably demonstrated through attempted DNS zone transfers. With a CVSS score of 9.3, it presents a severe risk due to its network-based attack vector, medium complexity, and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. This vulnerability was actively exploited in the wild in August 2008, though there is no public exploit code available in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB, and it has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

9.3HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
21.97%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
97.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.2197 is in the 88th percentile among its peer group of 8,920 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

packetstormsecurity.org / 0808-advisories/Nslookup-Crash.txt
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/44423
nullcode.com.ar / ncs/crash/nsloo.htm
Exploit
securityfocus.com / bid/30636
securitytracker.com / id