CVE-2008-1457

Critical

Description

The Event System in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2 and SP3, Server 2003 SP1 and SP2, Vista Gold and SP1, and Server 2008 does not properly validate per-user subscriptions, which allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via a crafted event subscription request.

SeverityCritical
CVSS9.0
Exploit probability—
ProductMicrosoft Windows
PublishedAug 13, 2008
First seenAug 13, 2008

How to fix

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
microsoft windows_2000No range specified—
microsoft windows-nt2008, vista, xp—
microsoft windows_2003_serverNo range specified—
microsoft windows_vistaNo range specified—
microsoft windows_xpNo range specified—

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