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CVE-2008-50441 exploit
Race condition in Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and Vista allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash or hang) via a multi-threa…
Published 17 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON
CVSS
4.0
v2.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
1.7%
percentile 77%
Public exploits
1
Exploit-DB
Summary
Race condition in Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and Vista allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash or hang) via a multi-threaded application that makes many calls to UnhookWindowsHookEx while certain other desktop activity is occurring.
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
1.68% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 77% of all scored CVEs.
Exploits and detections
- EDB-32573 Microsoft Windows Vista/2003 - 'UnhookWindowsHookEx' Local Denial of Service · dos · 2008-11-09
CVSS scores
| Assigned by | Version | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 2.0 | 4.0 | AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
Classification
- Weakness
- CWE-362 Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization
References
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com /vulnerabilities/46506 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF, x_transferred
- securityfocus.com /bid/32206 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
- securityfocus.com /archive/1/498165/100/0/threaded · mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ, x_transferred
- securityreason.com /securityalert/4576 · third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SREASON, x_transferred
- killprog.com /whk.zip · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
Sources
- CVE List: CVE-2008-5044
- NVD: CVE-2008-5044
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