The Server service in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2 and SP3, Server 2003 SP1 and SP2, Vista Gold and SP1, Server 2008, and 7 Pre-Beta allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted RPC request that triggers the overflow during path canonicalization, as exploited in the wild by Gimmiv.A in October 2008, aka "Server Service Vulnerability."
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HMicrosoft Windows 2000
OSMicrosoftall versionsMicrosoft Windows Server 2003
OSMicrosoftall versionsMicrosoft Windows Server 2008
OSMicrosoftall versionsMicrosoft Windows Vista
OSMicrosoftall versionsMicrosoft Windows Xp
OSMicrosoftall versions
CISA KEV — detailsi
- Vendori
- Microsoft ↗
- Producti
- Windows
- Added to KEVi
- May 20, 2026
- Remediation deadline (US Federal)i
- June 3, 2026(overdue)
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Microsoft Windows contains a buffer overflow vulnerability in the Windows Server Service that allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted RPC request that triggers an overflow during path canonicalization.
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