CVE-2008-3464 Privilege escalation in n/a

What is CVE-2008-3464?

CVE-2008-3464 is a high-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 2003 Server, published on 15 Oct 2008. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

afd.sys in the Ancillary Function Driver (AFD) component in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3 and Windows Server 2003 SP1 and SP2 does not properly validate input sent from user mode to the kernel, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application, as demonstrated using crafted pointers and lengths that bypass intended ProbeForRead and ProbeForWrite restrictions, aka "AFD Kernel Overwrite Vulnerability."

Weakness: CWE-264

Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-3464?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Microsoft Windows 2003 Server, Microsoft Windows Xp.

How do I fix CVE-2008-3464?

No fix has been published for CVE-2008-3464 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2008-3464 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2008-3464 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows 2003 Server

• CVE-2008-0015 Microsoft Windows Video ActiveX Control Remote Code Execution Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2015-1701 Microsoft Win32k Privilege Escalation Exploited High 7.8
• CVE-2013-5065 Microsoft Windows Kernel Privilege Escalation Exploited High 7.8
• CVE-2011-1268 Code injection in n/a Critical 10.0
• CVE-2011-1868 Memory corruption in n/a Critical 10.0

All Microsoft Windows 2003 Server vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-8jmp-x4g8-vpg8.