CVEvulnerability
CVE-2008-1436
9.0 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2008-04-21
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 9.0 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-264
Description
Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP2, Vista, and Server 2003 and 2008 does not properly assign activities to the (1) NetworkService and (2) LocalService accounts, which might allow context-dependent attackers to gain privileges by using one service process to capture a resource from a second service process that has a LocalSystem privilege-escalation ability, related to improper management of the SeImpersonatePrivilege user right, as originally reported for Internet Information Services (IIS), aka Token Kidnapping.
Affected configurations
• microsoft windows-nt vista
• microsoft windows server 2003
• microsoft windows server 2008
• microsoft windows vista
• microsoft windows xp
Related
Weakness · not in database (1)
References
- http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2008/04/17/msrc-blog-microsoft-security-advisory-951306.aspx blogs.technet.com
- http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=4306 isc.sans.org
- http://milw0rm.com/sploits/2008-Churrasco.zip milw0rm.com
- http://nomoreroot.blogspot.com/2008/10/windows-2003-poc-exploit-for-token.html nomoreroot.blogspot.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29867 Vendor Advisory
- http://securitywatch.eweek.com/flaws/microsoft_belatedly_admits_to_windows_server_2008_token_kidnapping.html securitywatch.eweek.com
- http://www.argeniss.com/research/Churrasco.zip www.argeniss.com
- http://www.argeniss.com/research/TokenKidnapping.pdf www.argeniss.com
- http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/951306.mspx www.microsoft.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491111/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497168/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28833 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019904 www.securitytracker.com
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-104A.html US Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1264/references Vendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1026 Vendor Advisory
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-012 docs.microsoft.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41880 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5891 oval.cisecurity.org
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6705 www.exploit-db.com
- http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2008/04/17/msrc-blog-microsoft-security-advisory-951306.aspx blogs.technet.com
- http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=4306 isc.sans.org
- http://milw0rm.com/sploits/2008-Churrasco.zip milw0rm.com
- http://nomoreroot.blogspot.com/2008/10/windows-2003-poc-exploit-for-token.html nomoreroot.blogspot.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29867 Vendor Advisory
- http://securitywatch.eweek.com/flaws/microsoft_belatedly_admits_to_windows_server_2008_token_kidnapping.html securitywatch.eweek.com
- http://www.argeniss.com/research/Churrasco.zip www.argeniss.com
- http://www.argeniss.com/research/TokenKidnapping.pdf www.argeniss.com
- http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/951306.mspx www.microsoft.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491111/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497168/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28833 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019904 www.securitytracker.com
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-104A.html US Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1264/references Vendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1026 Vendor Advisory
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-012 docs.microsoft.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41880 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5891 oval.cisecurity.org
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6705 www.exploit-db.com