CVE-2008-1457

The Event System in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2 and SP3, Server 2003 SP1 and SP2, Vista Gold and SP1, and Server 2008 does not properly validate per-user subscriptions, which allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via a crafted event subscription request.

• CWE-20

• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=121915960406986&w=2
• http://secunia.com/advisories/31417Patch, Vendor Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30584
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020677
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-225A.htmlUS Government Resource
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2353
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-049
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6095
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=121915960406986&w=2
• http://secunia.com/advisories/31417Patch, Vendor Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30584
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020677
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-225A.htmlUS Government Resource
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2353
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-049
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6095

Published

Aug 13, 2008

Last Modified

Jun 16, 2026

Status

Modified

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