CVE-2008-5044

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.

CVSS v2.0 4.0 MEDIUM

4.0^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

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

Exploitability : 1.9 / Impact : 6.9

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity HIGH

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
http://killprog.com/whk.zip	Exploit
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4576
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498165/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32206	Exploit
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46506

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2003::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_vista::::::::

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2008-11-12 23:30

Updated : 2024-02-28 11:21

NVD link : CVE-2008-5044

Mitre link : CVE-2008-5044

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2008-5044

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Products Affected

microsoft

windows_server_2003
windows_vista

CWE

CWE-362

Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

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