// For flags

CVE-2008-5044

Microsoft Windows Vista/2003 - 'UnhookWindowsHookEx' Local Denial of Service

Severity Score

4.0
*CVSS v2

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

3
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

-
*SSVC
Descriptions

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.

Condición de carrera en Microsoft Windows Server 2003 y Vista; permite a usuarios loscales provocar una denegación de servicio (caída o cuelgue) mediante una aplicación multi-hilo que realice muchas llamadas a UnhookWindowsHookEx a la vez que se esté realizando otra actividad del escritorio.

*Credits: N/A
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
High
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Complete
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
  • Decision:-
Exploitation
-
Automatable
-
Tech. Impact
-
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2008-11-09 First Exploit
  • 2008-11-12 CVE Reserved
  • 2008-11-12 CVE Published
  • 2023-03-08 EPSS Updated
  • 2024-08-07 CVE Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
CWE
  • CWE-362: Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')
CAPEC
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
Vendor Product Version Other Status
Vendor Product Version Other Status <-- --> Vendor Product Version Other Status
Microsoft
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 Windows Server 2003
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Affected
Microsoft
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 Windows Vista
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Affected