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CVE-2008-4023

45
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-4023 describes an Active Directory Overflow Vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4. This critical flaw stems from improper memory allocation for LDAP and LDAPS requests, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code. With a CVSS score of 10.0, it presents a severe risk, as it can be exploited remotely with low complexity and no authentication, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its high severity and EPSS score, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

10.0HIGH

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

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

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
39.17%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
98.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.3917 is in the 97th percentile among its peer group of 51,551 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 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

marc.info
docs.microsoft.com / en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-060
secunia.com / advisories/32242
PatchVendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/45585
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6107
securityfocus.com / bid/31609
Patch
securitytracker.com / id
us-cert.gov / cas/techalerts/TA08-288A.html
US Government Resource
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/2811