PT-2008-6198 · Microsoft · Windows Server 2003+1

Published 2008-11-12 · Updated 2019-02-26 · CVE-2008-5044

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.0

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and Vista (affected versions not specified)

Description A race condition issue exists, allowing local users to cause a denial of service, resulting in a system crash or hang. This occurs through a multi-threaded application that makes numerous calls to the UnhookWindowsHookEx function while certain desktop activities are taking place.

Recommendations For Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and Vista, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this issue.

Exploit

Fix

Race Condition

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-362

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-5044

Affected Products

Windows Server 2003

Windows Vista

References · 7

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/32573 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://securityfocus.com/bid/32206 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://killprog.com/whk.zip · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5044 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/498165/100/0/threaded · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46506 · Note
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4576 · Note