CVE-2008-1436 Privilege escalation in n/a
Local attackers can escalate privileges to LocalSystem by exploiting improper SeImpersonatePrivilege management in Windows service accounts.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2008-1436?
CVE-2008-1436 is a critical vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Server 2003, published on 21 Apr 2008. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-264
Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-1436?
It affects 5 products.
Products include Microsoft Windows-Nt, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows Xp.
How do I fix CVE-2008-1436?
No fix has been published for CVE-2008-1436 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2008-1436 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2008-1436 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows Server 2003
Sources
Also known as GHSA-wr44-5q83-5vf8.