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TI-2008-04797 Aliases CVE-2008-5044GHSA-gv34-ph34-9crg

Race condition in Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and Vista allows local users to cause a…

Priority LOW 22CWE-362Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
High
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · Complete
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.0168 77th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2003:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*all versionsVulnerableMicrosoft
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_vista:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*all versionsVulnerableMicrosoft
  • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2003:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions all versions Vulnerable ·Microsoft
  • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_vista:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions all versions Vulnerable ·Microsoft

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2008-5044
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-gv34-ph34-9crg

References

Exploit 1

Advisory 1

  • TI-2008-04072 The Server service in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2 and SP3, Server 2003 SP1 and… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2015-02077 win32k.sys in the kernel-mode drivers in Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP2 and R2 SP2… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2014-05208 OleAut32.dll in OLE in Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista SP2, Windows… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2014-05200 The Kerberos Key Distribution Center (KDC) in Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2014-03387 win32k.sys in the kernel-mode drivers in Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2013-03421 The InformationCardSigninHelper Class ActiveX control in icardie.dll in Microsoft Windows… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
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Sources

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