CVE-2008-0951
Microsoft Windows Vista does not properly enforce the NoDriveTypeAutoRun registry value, which allows user-assisted remote attackers, and possibly physically proximate attackers, to execute arbitrary code by inserting a (1) CD-ROM device or (2) U3-enabled USB device containing a filesystem with an Autorun.inf file, and possibly other vectors related to (a) AutoRun and (b) AutoPlay actions.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 9.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-94
- EPSS score
- 30.1% (98th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-0958)
- Published
- March 24, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-0958 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- microsoft / windows vista
- microsoft / windows vista
- microsoft / windows vista
- microsoft / windows vista
- microsoft / windows vista
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29458
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/889747(US Government Resource)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28360
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020446
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0954/references
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-038
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41349
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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