CVE-2008-3466
HIGH · CVSS 10.0EPSS 77.7%EU EUVD
Microsoft Host Integration Server (HIS) 2000, 2004, and 2006 does not limit RPC access to administrative functions, which allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and execute arbitrary programs via a crafted SNA RPC message using opcode 1 or 6 to call the CreateProcess function, aka "HIS Command Execution Vulnerability."
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 10.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-287
- EPSS score
- 77.7% (100th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-3452)
- Published
- October 15, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-3452 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- microsoft / host integration server 2000
- microsoft / host integration server 2000
- microsoft / host integration server 2004
- microsoft / host integration server 2004
- microsoft / host integration server 2004
- microsoft / host integration server 2006
- microsoft / host integration server 2006
References
- http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=745
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122479227205998&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32233(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31620(Exploit, Patch)
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021043
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-288A.html(US Government Resource)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2810
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-059
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6075
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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