CVE-2008-4835 is a critical remote code execution vulnerability affecting the Server Message Block (SMB) service in various Microsoft Windows operating systems, including Windows 2000, XP, Server 2003, Vista, and Server 2008. The flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by sending malformed SMB packets, specifically within NT Trans2 requests, due to insufficient buffer size validation. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 9.8 (Critical), indicating a severe risk. It can be exploited remotely over the network with low attack complexity and no user interaction, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its critical severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation in the wild, nor is there publicly available exploit code in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB. The vulnerability has also received minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2003:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2003:*:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2003:*:sp1:itanium:*:*:*:*:* | ||
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2003:*:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.